Core Laboratories (CLB) Tax Rate (2022 - 2026)
Core Laboratories' Tax Rate was 8.04% in Q2 2026, down 7.15 percentage points from 15.19% a year earlier and down 21.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Core Laboratories (CLB) Tax Rate (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Core Laboratories' Tax Rate was 32.88% through Jun 30, 2026, up 3.82 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 33.78%, up 3.40 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a four-year change of -10.22 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 30.39% in FY2024 (+20.23 pp), 10.16% in FY2023 (-24.22 pp), 34.37% in FY2022 (-9.63 pp) and 44.01% in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q2 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.89 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 74.78 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2023 (a drop of 66.71 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CLB's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 29.88% (Q1 2026), 61.21% (Q4 2025) and 20.79% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slb | 76.39 Bn | 73.50 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 20.02% |
| 2 | Baker Hughes | 56.70 Bn | 19.98 Bn | 1.58 Bn | 23.54% |
| 3 | TechnipFMC | 27.74 Bn | 23.88 Bn | 684.70 Mn | 23.96% |
| 4 | Halliburton | 27.03 Bn | 18.79 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 18.98% |
| 5 | Nov | 6.97 Bn | 1.76 Bn | 521.00 Mn | 26.11% |
| 6 | Noble | 6.81 Bn | 4.74 Bn | 239.27 Mn | - |
| 7 | Weatherford International | 5.95 Bn | 1.88 Bn | 333.00 Mn | 44.00% |
| 8 | Transocean | 5.90 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 358.00 Mn | 7.61% |
| 9 | Valaris | 5.52 Bn | 3.13 Bn | 123.70 Mn | 41.69% |
| 10 | Core Laboratories | 461.14 Mn | 373.35 Mn | 23.24 Mn | 8.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.04% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 61.21% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.79% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 15.19% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 96.20% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 34.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.15% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.20% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 33.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 77.80% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 20.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.68% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 46.64% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 33.89% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.12% |
API Access
Core Laboratories Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CLB", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();