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