Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

CRL Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.0 billion, down 0.85% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.20%
EPS
+530.3%
Free cash flow
+16.3%
Total debt
+11.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

313.98 12.31 −3.77%
Market cap
$14.9B
P/E
300×
Fwd P/E
89.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.40
Beneish M
−3.11
Dividend safety
n/a

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) Net margin

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Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.01%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−3.59%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.59% (fiscal 2025) to 12.5% (fiscal 2020) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of −4.10% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −3.59% (3.84)
FY2024 0.25% (11.24)
FY2023 11.5% (0.74)
FY2022 12.2% 1.19
FY2021 11.0% (1.42)
FY2020 12.5% 2.85
FY2019 9.61% (0.38)
FY2018 9.99% 3.35
FY2017 6.64% (2.56)
FY2016 9.20% (1.75)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 33.9% 34.04
Jun 2026 −0.15% 1.34
Mar 2026 −1.49% 26.33
Dec 2025 −27.8% (33.24)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −3.59% High 12.5%
Ten-year median 9.99%
Current reading's percentile 19

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 19.7%
QGEN QIAGEN N.V. compare 19.5%
MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. compare 18.2%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 9.50%
RVTY Revvity Inc. compare 8.61%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 6.88%
ICLR ICON PLC compare 5.45%
CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 1.01%
GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare −37.9%
Diagnostics & Research industry median −4.10%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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