CRL · Charles River Laboratories International Inc
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $14.27B |
| P/E | — |
| Float | 47.92M |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| Volatility | 34.4% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Life Sciences Tools & Services |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 70.1 |
| Price | 301.87 |
| Change | +0.95% |
| Prev Close | 299.02 |
| Open | 301.00 |
| Day Low | 295.15 |
| Day High | 302.77 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $287.1M |
| 52W High | 333.30 |
| 52W Low | 146.20 |
| 52W Pos | 83.2% |
| From High | −9.43% |
| From Low | +106.48% |
| Max DD 1Y | — |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | — |
| SMA 50 | — |
| SMA 200 | — |
| RSI (14) | — |
| Vol 30D | — |
| Vol 90D | — |
| 1Y Range | 146–333 |
| Daily bars | — |
| Perf Week | — |
| Perf Month | — |
| Perf Quarter | — |
| Perf Half Y | — |
| Perf Year | — |
| Perf YTD | — |
| Prev Day | +0.95% |
| Clavix | B- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.51 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.29 |
| Int Cover | -0.4× |
| FCF Margin | 18.4% |
| Rev Growth | −0.8% |
| Profit | Unprofitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 12 / 19 |
What CRL does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayCRL grades B-, 70.1 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (67), most exposed on Price Stability (55, mixed). 0 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Life Sciences Tools & Services median. Ranks 12 of 19 in Life Sciences Tools & Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| CRL | Life Sciences Tools & Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.38 | 1.17 |
| Volatilityannualized | 34.4% | 29.3% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | — | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | — | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 0 sessions | — | — |
Market sensitivity
| CRL | Life Sciences Tools & Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.38 | 1.17 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Moderate 47% of 19 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Life Sciences Tools & Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| CRL | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| Year to date | — |
| 1 year | — |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| CRL | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 25 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 69 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 1 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 1 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 19 Life Sciences Tools & Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| CRL | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −0.8% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Life Sciences Tools & Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openCharles River Laboratories EVP Shannon Parisotto sold 981 shares on October 5th at an average price of $308.44, totaling about $302,580, reducing his stake by roughly 17%. The sale was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which is a schedule set up in advance to buy or sell shares at set times.
Zacks Research raised its estimate of Charles River Laboratories' earnings per share for Q4 2026 in a note to investors dated Monday, October 5th. The article body is truncated and does not provide the previous or new EPS figures.
Charles River Laboratories announced the launch of Apollo Orchestrate™, a new feature within its Apollo platform that connects and digitizes lab workflows, built in partnership with Autolomous using their digital Laboratory Execution System (LES) software.
Charles River Laboratories and Autolomous have launched Apollo Orchestrate™, a new feature on Charles River's Apollo® platform that digitizes and connects lab workflows using Autolomous's laboratory execution system technology. The move is part of Charles River's stated effort to modernize lab operations.
The article text is truncated, so additional details are not available.
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