---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-192018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLB"
cik: "0001958086"
company_name: "Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:24:36.569763+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Lab Q1 revenue $121.8M; GAAP EPS -$0.02, ex-items $0.06

## Summary
- Revenue $121.8M, down 12% sequentially and flat year-over-year.
- GAAP operating income $1.9M; ex-items $6.6M, down 58% sequentially.
- GAAP loss per share $0.02; EPS ex-items $0.06, down 72% sequentially and 58% YoY.
- Free cash flow $0.5M; net debt up $3.9M; leverage ratio 1.20.
- Q2 dividend $0.01/sh, record May 11, payable June 1; repurchased 51,781 shares for $0.9M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-192018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLB
- cik: 0001958086
- company_name: Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526192018/0001193125-26-192018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526192018/clb-20260429.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/ reported the first quarter of 2026 results: revenue $121.8 MILLION, EPS $0.02.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2026
  - Revenue: $121.8 MILLION
  - EPS: $0.02
  - Result: reported results
  source text: results for the first quarter of 2026. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- EX-99.1 Exhibit 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CORE LAB REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS: • REVENUE OF $121.8 MILLION, DOWN 12% SEQUENTIALLY AND FLAT YEAR-OVER-YEAR • OPERATING INCOME OF $1.9 MILLION; EX-ITEMS, $6.6 MILLION, DOWN 58% SEQUENTIALLY AND 44% YEAR-OVER-YEAR • GAAP LOSS PER SHARE OF
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526192018/0001193125-26-192018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.