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CRL Financials Charles River Laboratories

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 0.6% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 6.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (19.4% vs 6.5% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 0.2× in the latest year.
Revenue & net income
-$337M $2B $4B $0 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-4% 40% 84% 0% 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $266M $532M 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $805M $2B 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B -$339M $761M $0 2009 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $4.0B -$144M 0.0% 0.6% $518M $214M
2024 $4.0B $22M 0.0% 5.6% $502M $195M
2023 $4.1B $475M 0.0% 14.9% $365M $277M
2022 $4.0B $486M 0.0% 16.4% $295M $234M
2021 $3.5B $391M 0.0% 16.7% $532M $241M
2020 $2.9B $364M 0.0% 14.8% $380M $228M
2019 $2.6B $252M 0.0% 13.4% $340M $238M
2018 $2.3B $226M 0.0% 14.6% $301M $1.6B $195M
2017 $1.9B $123M 84.4% 15.5% $236M $1.1B $164M
2016 $1.7B $155M 83.5% 14.1% $262M $1.2B $118M
2015 $149M $814M $118M
2014 $127M $717M $160M
2013 $103M $663M $156M
2010 -$337M $701M $179M
2009 $114M $183M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CRL against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 200.2 400.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.6 3.2 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CRL growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Charles River Laboratories's revenue has grown 6.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CRL have?

As of FY2025, Charles River Laboratories reported — of total debt against $214M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 0.2×.

What is CRL's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 0.6%, and net margin -3.6%.

What is CRL's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Charles River Laboratories traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 386.3× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.