Contrasting Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) & Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB)

Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 46.2% of Glori Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Glori Energy has a beta of 46.46, indicating that its share price is 4,546% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glori Energy and Core Laboratories”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Core Laboratories	$523.85 million	1.75	$31.40 million	$0.67	29.31

Core Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Glori Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Glori Energy and Core Laboratories’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Core Laboratories	6.21%	12.85%	5.74%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Glori Energy and Core Laboratories, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glori Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Core Laboratories	0	4	0	0	2.00

Core Laboratories has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 36.36%. Given Glori Energy’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Glori Energy is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Summary

Core Laboratories beats Glori Energy on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Glori Energy

Glori Energy Inc., an energy technology and oil production company, provides services to third party exploration and production companies in North America and Brazil. It operates through Oil and Gas, and AERO Services segments. The Oil and Gas segment produces and develops oil and natural gas interests. The AERO Services segment offers biotechnology solutions of enhanced oil recovery through a two-step process, including analysis phase, reservoir screening process that obtains field samples and evaluates potential of AERO system; and field deployment phase that deploys skid mounted injection equipment. Glori Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Core Laboratories

Core Laboratories Inc. provides reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry in the United States, and internationally. It operates through Reservoir Description and Production Enhancement segments. The Reservoir Description segment includes the characterization of petroleum reservoir rock and reservoir fluid samples to enhance production and improve recovery of crude oil and gas from its clients' reservoirs. It offers laboratory-based analytical and field services to characterize properties of crude oil and oil delivered products; and proprietary and joint industry studies, as well as services that support carbon capture, utilization and storage, geothermal projects, and the evaluation and appraisal of mining activities. The Production Enhancement segment provides services and products relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations, production, and well abandonment. It offers integrated diagnostic services to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of well completions and to develop solutions to improve the effectiveness of enhanced oil recovery projects. The company markets and sells its products through a combination of sales representatives, technical seminars, trade shows, and print advertising, as well as through distributors. Core Laboratories Inc. was founded in 1936 and is based in Houston, Texas.