CRL
Charles River Laboratories
Health Care · Life Sciences Tools & Services · US
$181.34
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$8.6B
Total market value of the company
14.30
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+1.2%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
-5.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$208.80
+15% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 15 analysts covering this stock
About Charles River Laboratories

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. provides drug discovery, non-clinical development, and safety testing services in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Research Models and Services segment produces and sells rodents, and purpose-bred rats and mice for use by researchers. This segment also provides a range of services to assist its clients in supporting the use of research models in research and screening pre-clinical drug candidates, including genetically engineered models and services, insourcing solutions, and research animal diagnostic services; and engages in development and production of cell therapies. The Discovery and Safety Assessment segment offers in vitro and in vivo discovery services for the discovery, development, and safety testing of novel drugs, molecule compounds, oligonucleotides, and biotherapeutics, and antibodies through delivery of preclinical drug and therapeutic candidates ready for safety assessment; safety assessment services, such as toxicology, pathology, safety pharmacology, bioanalysis, drug metabolism, and pharmacokinetics services; and vivarium space services. The Manufacturing Solutions segment provides in vitro methods for conventional and rapid quality control testing of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals and consumer products; offers specialized testing of biologics that are outsourced by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; and contract development and manufacturing products and services. The company has strategic collaborations with Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Children's Hospital Los Angeles across its contract development and manufacturing organization. Additionally, it has a strategic alliance with Francis Crick Institute (Crick), Inc. for the development of Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) drug discovery and development. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

https://www.criver.com

Country: United States Employees: 18,300 Industry: Diagnostics & Research
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
36.0% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
2.9% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
10.3% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.1% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$249.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
27.2%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
55.5th
Ranks in the top 45% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
88.0
Quality Score
25.0
Combined
41.7

Trading at $178 against a fair value of $249, a 29% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 62% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
-0.069
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0067
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.247
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-14.6%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-59.3%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
14
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.45
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$228.88
21% below the year high
52W Low
$132.58
37% above the year low
Avg Volume
963,430
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
4.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
8.0%
Moderate short interest
N/A
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$-3.71
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

1.03
Meaningful debt load — monitor closely
1.36
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.82
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
34.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
15.9%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$510M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$4.0B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$-184,650,000
Loss-making — spending exceeds revenue after all costs
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
15
Target High
$265.00
Target Median
$208.80
Target Low
$135.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-12 ANDREWS NANCY C Director 3,964
2026-05-08 KEMPS-POLANCO RESHEMA Director 1,973 $350,444
2026-05-08 FOSTER JAMES C Director 1,860 $330,373
2026-05-08 CEESAY ABRAHAM N Director 1,438 $255,418
2026-05-08 ANDREWS NANCY C Director 1,438 $255,418
2026-05-08 LLADO GEORGE SR. Director 1,888 $335,347
2026-05-08 BARG STEVEN Director 1,438 $255,418
2026-05-08 MACKAY MARTIN Director 2,845 $505,329
2026-05-08 THOMPSON CRAIG B Director 1,438 $255,418
2026-05-08 WILSON VIRGINIA M Director 1,438 $255,418
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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