Core Laboratories is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides proprietary and patented reservoir description and production enhancement services and products to the oil and gas industry. Co. has two segments: Reservoir Description, which provides laboratory-based analytical and field services to characterize properties of crude oil and petroleum products to the oil and gas industry, as well as to provide proprietary and joint industry studies based on these types of analyses; and Production Enhancement, which includes services and products relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations and production, as well as integrated diagnostic services. We show 46 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of CLB's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of CLB shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like CLB versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching CLB by allowing them to research CLB shares outstanding history
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