Charles River Associates

CRAI Industrials Consulting Services

Charles River Associates' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $751.6 million, up 9.33% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.8%, EPS grew 17.7%, free cash flow fell 230.2% and total debt rose 82.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

178.09 0.74 +0.42%
Market cap
$1.1B
P/E
23.5×
Fwd P/E
17.6×
Dividend yield
1.28%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.00
Beneish M
−2.21
Dividend safety
74/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
24.07 49.79 15.42 20.71 16.17 16.70 20.46 18.09 27.45 24.45
Piotroski F-Score
8 7 8 5 6 9 7 6 8 7
Altman Z-Score
3.81 3.48 3.40 2.35 2.38 3.16 3.62 3.32 4.33 4.00
P/S ratio
0.95 1.02 0.83 0.95 0.78 1.22 1.50 1.11 1.86 1.77
P/FCF ratio
8.80 10.41 16.63 38.46 10.53 9.48 41.71 12.04 38.56 71.83
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
5.51 4.36 4.03 2.37 2.55 2.99 3.07 3.02 2.95 2.29
Beneish M-Score
(2.92) (2.82) (2.55) (2.24) (2.69) (2.81) (2.19) (2.67) (2.43) (2.21)
P/Operating CF
9.67 9.87 7.74 8.98 6.06 11.21 14.78 11.56 16.08 22.21
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 74
P/B ratio
1.49 1.81 1.76 2.17 1.89 3.37 4.21 3.28 6.02 6.24
EV/Sales
0.79 0.89 0.75 1.25 0.72 1.14 1.48 1.09 1.91 1.80
EV/EBITDA
9.57 13.35 8.04 11.10 6.12 7.89 10.36 8.19 13.45 11.99
EV/FCF
7.30 9.10 15.09 50.47 9.73 8.80 41.08 11.84 39.63 72.79
Current Ratio
1.81 1.51 1.27 1.07 1.10 1.17 1.15 1.12 1.07 0.92
Net Debt/EBITDA
(2.00) (2.19) (0.98) (0.25) (0.54) (0.64) (0.18) (0.55) (0.27) 0.14
Debt/Equity
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.16
ROE
6.15% 3.67% 11.14% 10.50% 12.00% 20.09% 20.84% 18.12% 21.94% 25.69%
ROA
4.04% 2.22% 6.14% 4.58% 4.47% 7.48% 7.86% 6.95% 8.27% 9.11%
ROIC
7.66% 6.43% 11.41% 9.92% 12.29% 22.62% 18.76% 21.60% 23.86% 22.65%
Return on Tangible Assets
11.43% 7.13% 25.93% 27.98% 29.52% 46.38% 56.20% 56.75% 73.55% 557.23%
Average Days of Receivables
103.16 111.78 114.12 116.78 109.47 104.52 120.44 116.73 116.57 120.86
Earnings Yield
4.15% 2.01% 6.49% 4.83% 6.18% 5.99% 4.89% 5.53% 3.64% 4.09%
Free Cash Flow Yield
11.37% 9.61% 6.01% 2.60% 9.50% 10.54% 2.40% 8.31% 2.59% 1.39%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.13 4.35 2.56 1.42 4.84 9.84 2.95 8.23 4.85 2.79
Book value per Share
24.45 24.99 24.23 25.14 26.91 27.73 29.25 30.27 31.09 32.16
Free Cash Flow
35.14 36.10 20.74 11.14 37.57 73.08 21.31 57.71 33.11 18.56
EV/EBIT
13.56 20.85 10.81 19.16 10.50 11.54 14.90 11.87 18.55 16.25
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