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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.72%, EPS fell 102.8%, free cash flow fell 12.2% and total debt rose 12.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; operating cash flow growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

299.77 6.47 −2.11%
Market cap
$14.6B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
29.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.40
Beneish M
−3.11
Dividend safety
n/a

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 38.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.0× (April 2025) to 50.0× (October 2021); the current reading is higher than 93% of that period. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 35.8× and above the Healthcare sector median of 20.2×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 19.1× 0.85%
FY2024 18.9× (42.43%)
FY2023 32.8× (12.72%)
FY2022 37.6× 5.65%
FY2021 35.6× 9.33%
FY2020 32.6× 48.99%
FY2019 21.9× 21.32%
FY2018 18.0× (19.16%)
FY2017 22.3× 62.11%
FY2016 13.8× (10.38%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 29.4× 36.17%
Mar 2026 21.6× 13.17%
Dec 2025 19.1× 34.64%
Sep 2025 14.2× 9.87%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.0× High 50.0×
Ten-year median 22.1×
Current reading's percentile 93

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CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 38.8×
Diagnostics & Research industry median 35.8×
Healthcare sector median 20.2×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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