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Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

Diagnostics & Research · United States

USD 292.05-0.3% daily changeQuote 2026-09-28 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$14.07B
Trailing P/E
—
Forward P/E
23.01x
Quarterly revenue growth
-2.7%
Trailing net margin
-6.0%
Indicated dividend yield
—

Snapshot 2026-09-28 · Latest financial period 2026-06-27 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-11-04 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. provides drug discovery, non-clinical development, and safety testing services in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Research Models and Services segment produces and sells rodents, and purpose-bred rats and mice for use by researchers. This segment also provides a range of services to assist its clients in supporting the use of research models in research and screening pre-clinical drug candidates, including genetically engineered models and services, insourcing solutions, and research animal diagnostic services; and engages in development and production of cell therapies. The Discovery and Safety Assessment segment offers in vitro and in vivo discovery services for the discovery, development, and safety testing of novel drugs, molecule compounds, oligonucleotides, and biotherapeutics, and antibodies through delivery of preclinical drug and therapeutic candidates ready for safety assessment; safety assessment services, such as toxicology, pathology, safety pharmacology, bioanalysis, drug metabolism, and pharmacokinetics services; and vivarium space services. The Manufacturing Solutions segment provides in vitro methods for conventional and rapid quality control testing of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals and consumer products; offers specialized testing of biologics that are outsourced by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; and contract development and manufacturing products and services. The company has strategic collaborations with Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Children's Hospital Los Angeles across its contract development and manufacturing organization; and Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp for developing next-generation multivalent enterovirus vaccine, enhance global regulatory readiness, and support IND-enabling non-clinical studies. Additionally, it has a strategic alliance with Francis Crick Institute (Crick), Inc. for the development of Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) drug discovery and development. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

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Q2 2026

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Charles River (CRL) Q2 2026 Earnings: The $0.25 Beat Was Really $0.01

Published 2026-08-08

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MetricCRLCharles River Laboratories International, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-27ICLRICON Public Limited CompanySnapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-06-30RVTYRevvity, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-28Financial period: 2026-07-05Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$14.07BUS$13.26BUS$16.64BUS$14.95Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate23.01x14.57x25.31x19.94xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA19.87x30.36x21.90x26.13xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter-2.7%1.2%1.3%1.2%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter15.1%9.4%17.1%13.2%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap3.3%4.7%3.6%4.2%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA3.35x4.96x2.65x3.80xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity1.05x0.38x0.46x0.42xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings—264.40x71.34x167.87xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share4.91x1.41x2.30x1.86xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue4.22x1.92x6.59x4.25xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter—-63.3%1.2%-31.0%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months34.6%23.9%55.0%39.4%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months-6.0%0.3%8.2%4.2%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only-7.5%0.3%3.2%1.7%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue11.7%7.5%20.8%14.1%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price——0.2%—
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout0.0%0.0%13.5%6.7%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.35x0.95x1.80x1.38xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.411.201.091.15n=2

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