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Charles River Laboratories

NYQ:CRL US1598641074
39
  • Value
    20
  • Growth
    55
  • Safety
    Safety
    78
  • Combined
    55
  • Sentiment
    49
  • 360° View
    360° View
    39
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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 39 (better than 39% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Charles River Laboratories are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Charles River Laboratories. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 55, 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. This means that growth is higher than for 55% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 78 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 78% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 20 which means that the share price of Charles River Laboratories is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 80% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 49, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 51% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Dividend Yield
Weakest Rank Pro Holdings
Country USA
Industry Life Sciences Tools & Services
Size X-Large
Website criver.com
Index
D.J. US Health Care
S&P 500
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Last update: 7-Jul-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
20 63 51 37
Growth
55 29 31 55
Safety
Safety
78 42 20 12
Sentiment
49 19 86 43
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39 12 34 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
20 3 70 57
Opinions Change
50 13 36 60
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 88 21
Market Pulse
22 26 67 58
Sentiment
49 19 86 43
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
20 63 51 37
Growth
55 29 31 55
Safety Safety
78 42 20 12
Combined
55 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)
5 73 68 45
Price vs. Book (P/B)
50 53 40 22
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
20 63 51 37
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
51 42 23 42
Profit Growth
91 22 48 57
Capital Growth
23 63 25 30
Stock Returns
45 25 61 81
Growth
55 29 31 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
11 28 20 22
Refinancing
91 31 9 17
Liquidity
79 55 71 56
Safety Safety
78 42 20 12

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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