How to buy Charles River Laboratories (CRL) stocks

Charles River Laboratories is a diagnostics & research business based in the US. Charles River Laboratories shares (CRL) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $185.77 – a decrease of 2.46% over the previous week. Charles River Laboratories employs 20,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.1 billion.

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Charles River Laboratories stock price (NYSE: CRL)

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Charles River Laboratories stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$185.77
52-week range	$176.48 - $275.00
50-day moving average more info button	$194.17
200-day moving average more info button	$215.12
Wall St. target price	$215.22
PE ratio more info button	22.895
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$8.00

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Charles River Laboratories price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $185.77 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.46%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-5.11%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-9.73%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-12.21%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-21.36%
2 years (2022-12-22)	-14.92%
3 years (2021-12-22)	369.56
5 years (2019-12-20)	22.48%

Is Charles River Laboratories stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Charles River Laboratories stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Charles River Laboratories's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Charles River Laboratories's P/E ratio

Charles River Laboratories's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Charles River Laboratories shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Charles River Laboratories's PEG ratio

Charles River Laboratories's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.44. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Charles River Laboratories's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Charles River Laboratories's EBITDA

Charles River Laboratories's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $948.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Charles River Laboratories's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Charles River Laboratories financials

Revenue TTM	$4.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.69%
Gross profit TTM	$1.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.87%
Return on equity TTM	11.92%
Profit margin	10.44%
Book value	$73.97
Market Capitalization more info button	$9.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Charles River Laboratories stock dividends

We're not expecting Charles River Laboratories to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Charles River Laboratories stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Charles River Laboratories's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $176.48 up to $275. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Charles River Laboratories's is 1.376. This would suggest that Charles River Laboratories's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Charles River Laboratories overview

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. It operates through three segments: Research Models and Services (RMS), Discovery and Safety Assessment (DSA), and Manufacturing Solutions (Manufacturing). The RMS 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 research models, genetically engineered models and services, insourcing solutions, and research animal diagnostic services. The DSA segment offers early and in vivo discovery services for the identification and validation of novel targets, chemical compounds, and antibodies through delivery of preclinical drug and therapeutic candidates ready for safety assessment; and safety assessment services, such as toxicology, pathology, safety pharmacology, bioanalysis, drug metabolism, and pharmacokinetics services. The Manufacturing segment provides in vitro methods for conventional and rapid quality control testing of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals and consumer products.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Charles River Laboratories is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.916% of Charles River Laboratories stocks are held by insiders and 103.895% by institutions. How many people work for Charles River Laboratories?
Latest data suggests 20,400 work at Charles River Laboratories. When does the fiscal year end for Charles River Laboratories?
Charles River Laboratories's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Charles River Laboratories based?
Charles River Laboratories's address is: 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, MA, United States, 01887 What is Charles River Laboratories's ISIN number?
Charles River Laboratories's international securities identification number is: US1598641074 What is Charles River Laboratories's CUSIP number?
Charles River Laboratories's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 159864107

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