Stock Research: Charles River Laboratories

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Charles River Laboratories

NYQ:CRL US1598641074
88
  • Value
    52
  • Growth
    54
  • Safety
    Safety
    92
  • Combined
    91
  • Sentiment
    59
  • 360° View
    360° View
    88
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Company Description

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. is a drug development company that provides essential products and services globally to accelerate research and drug development. Its main businesses include Research Models and Services (Research Models, Research Model Services, Cell Solutions), Discovery and Safety Assessment (regulated and non-regulated DSA services, therapeutic discovery and optimization, in vitro and in vivo studies, laboratory support, consulting), and Manufacturing Solutions (Microbial Solutions, Biologics Solutions). It operates around the globe. In the last fiscal year, the company had 18600 employees, a market cap of $7584 million, profits of $1408 million, and revenue of $4050 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 88 (better than 88% compared with alternatives) for 2026, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Charles River Laboratories are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for Charles River Laboratories. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 52, which means that the share price of Charles River Laboratories is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 52% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 54, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 92. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 59. ...read more

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D.J. US Health Care
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Last update: 3-Sep-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
52 63 51 37
Growth
54 29 31 55
Safety
Safety
92 42 20 12
Sentiment
59 19 86 43
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88 12 34 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
23 3 70 57
Opinions Change
55 13 36 60
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 88 21
Market Pulse
31 26 67 58
Sentiment
59 19 86 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
52 63 51 37
Growth
54 29 31 55
Safety Safety
92 42 20 12
Combined
91 23 12 12
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
87 63 57 67
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
18 73 68 45
Price vs. Book (P/B)
61 53 40 22
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
52 63 51 37
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
42 42 23 42
Profit Growth
93 22 48 57
Capital Growth
23 63 25 30
Stock Returns
58 25 61 81
Growth
54 29 31 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
28 28 20 22
Refinancing
75 31 9 17
Liquidity
92 55 71 56
Safety Safety
92 42 20 12

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This is an all-around strong stock. It shows good value, high growth, safe financing, and positive professional sentiment. It is ideal for most buy-and-hold investors who value a good all-around stock.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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