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Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (CRL) financials

For the twelve months ended Sep 26, 2026, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. reported $3.98B of revenue and $40.19M of net income.

Revenue, TTM
$3.98B
Revenue growth, YoY
-1.2%
Net income, TTM
$40.19M
Net margin
1.0%
Free cash flow, TTM
$399.63M
EPS, diluted, TTM
$0.96
Cash
$200.38M
Total debt
$2.45B
P/E
402.45
P/S
4.07
Market cap
$16.17B
Annual revenue$4.02B
FY2016FY2025
Annual net income-$144.34M
FY2016FY2025
Annual free cash flow$518.49M
FY2016FY2025

CRL revenue and earnings growth

CRL revenueQ3 2026$982.73M

Quarter YoY
-2.2%
QoQ
-2.1%
FY YoY
-0.9%
5Y CAGR
+6.5%
10Y CAGR
+11.4%

CRL revenue was $982.73M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), down 2.2% from a year earlier and down 2.1% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $4.02B, down 0.9% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +6.5% over 5 years and +11.4% over 10 years. It rose in 8 of the last 10 fiscal years.

CRL net incomeQ3 2026$333.07M

Quarter YoY
+512.0%

CRL net income was $333.07M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), up 512.0% from a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$144.34M, compared with $22.20M in fiscal 2024.

CRL EPSQ3 2026$6.86

Quarter YoY
+523.6%

CRL diluted EPS was $6.86 in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), up 523.6% from a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2025 it was -$2.91, compared with $0.20 in fiscal 2024.

CRL free cash flowQ3 2026$207.28M

Quarter YoY
+16.3%
QoQ
+39.5%
FY YoY
+3.4%
5Y CAGR
+6.4%
10Y CAGR
+7.8%

CRL free cash flow was $207.28M in fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 26, 2026), up 16.3% from a year earlier and up 39.5% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2025 it was $518.49M, up 3.4% from fiscal 2024. Compound annual growth was +6.4% over 5 years and +7.8% over 10 years. It rose in 8 of the last 10 fiscal years.

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Income statement

Income statement
Line item
Dec 27, 2025
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 31, 2022
Dec 25, 2021
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 28, 2019
Dec 29, 2018
Dec 30, 2017
Dec 31, 2016
Revenue$4.02B$4.05B$4.13B$3.98B$3.54B$2.92B$2.62B$2.27B$1.86B$1.68B
Cost of revenue--------$289.67M$277.03M
Gross profit--------$1.57B$1.40B
Selling, general and admin$743.07M$751.00M$747.86M$665.10M$619.92M$528.93M$517.62M$443.85M$371.27M$364.71M
Operating income$25.16M$227.35M$617.26M$650.98M$589.86M$432.73M$351.15M$331.38M$288.28M$237.55M
Interest expense$107.03M$126.29M$136.71M$59.29M$73.91M$86.43M$60.88M$63.77M$29.78M$27.71M
Pre-tax income-$99.50M$93.11M$581.28M$622.99M$480.71M$447.11M$304.08M$281.68M$296.95M$222.92M
Income tax$42.66M$67.82M$100.91M$130.38M$81.87M$81.81M$50.02M$54.46M$171.37M$66.83M
Net income-$144.34M$22.20M$474.62M$486.23M$390.98M$364.30M$252.02M$226.37M$123.36M$154.76M
EPS, basic-$2.91$0.20$9.27$9.57$7.77$7.35$5.17$4.72$2.60$3.29
EPS, diluted-$2.91$0.20$9.22$9.48$7.60$7.20$5.07$4.62$2.54$3.23
Diluted shares49.6M51.6M51.5M51.3M51.4M50.6M49.7M49.0M48.6M48.0M

Balance sheet

Balance sheet
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Dec 27, 2025
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 31, 2022
Dec 25, 2021
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 28, 2019
Dec 29, 2018
Dec 30, 2017
Dec 31, 2016
Cash and equivalents$213.77M$205.57M$284.48M$241.21M$246.31M$233.12M$240.05M$197.32M$166.33M$119.89M
Short-term investments----$1.06M$1.02M$941.0K$885.0K$28.49M$3.77M
Receivables$708.86M$720.91M$780.38M$752.39M$642.88M$617.74M$514.03M$472.25M$430.02M$364.05M
Inventory$299.10M$278.54M$380.26M$255.81M$199.15M$185.69M$160.66M$127.89M$114.96M$95.83M
Current assets$1.45B$1.40B$1.61B$1.44B$1.27B$1.20B$1.02B$897.84M$826.63M$656.83M
Goodwill$2.76B$2.85B$3.10B$2.85B$2.71B$1.81B$1.54B$1.25B$804.91M$787.52M
Total assets$7.14B$7.53B$8.20B$7.60B$7.02B$5.49B$4.69B$3.86B$2.93B$2.71B
Current liabilities$1.12B$994.10M$1.06B$1.09B$1.03B$839.75M$710.18M$558.22M$463.50M$429.59M
Short-term debt$166.0K$155.0K$3.17M$1.35M$101.0K$47.20M$35.55M$28.23M$28.55M$24.56M
Long-term debt$2.14B$2.24B$2.65B$2.71B$2.66B$1.93B$1.85B$1.64B$1.09B$1.19B
Total debt$2.14B$2.24B$2.65B$2.71B$2.66B$1.98B$1.89B$1.66B$1.12B$1.21B
Total liabilities$3.92B$4.02B$4.54B$4.58B$4.43B$3.35B$3.03B$2.52B$1.87B$1.86B
Shareholders' equity$3.16B$3.47B$3.60B$2.98B$2.54B$2.12B$1.64B$1.32B$1.05B$839.13M

Cash flow

Cash flow
Line item
Dec 27, 2025
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 31, 2022
Dec 25, 2021
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 28, 2019
Dec 29, 2018
Dec 30, 2017
Dec 31, 2016
Operating cash flow$737.65M$734.58M$683.90M$619.64M$760.80M$546.58M$480.94M$441.14M$318.07M$316.90M
Capital expenditures$219.15M$232.97M$318.53M$324.73M$228.77M$166.56M$140.51M$140.05M$82.43M$55.29M
Free cash flow$518.49M$501.61M$365.37M$294.91M$532.03M$380.01M$340.42M$301.09M$235.64M$261.61M
Investing cash flow-$209.32M-$245.09M-$563.15M-$607.92M-$1.44B-$601.54M-$681.50M-$955.00M-$72.59M-$692.67M
Financing cash flow-$536.73M-$550.93M-$85.52M-$42.40M$672.60M$47.25M$231.94M$558.06M-$208.48M$380.76M
Share repurchases$360.67M$119.17M$24.16M$38.65M$40.71M$23.98M$18.09M$13.85M$106.91M$12.27M
Stock-based compensation$71.08M$69.89M$72.05M$73.62M$71.47M$56.34M$57.27M$47.35M$44.00M$43.64M
Depreciation and amortization$403.31M$361.74M$314.12M$303.87M$265.54M$234.92M$198.09M$161.78M$131.16M$126.66M

Key ratios

Key ratios
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Dec 27, 2025
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Dec 31, 2022
Dec 25, 2021
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 28, 2019
Dec 29, 2018
Dec 30, 2017
Dec 31, 2016
Revenue growth, YoY-0.9%-1.9%3.9%12.3%21.1%11.5%15.7%22.0%10.5%23.3%
Net income growth, YoY--95.3%-2.4%24.4%7.3%44.6%11.3%83.5%-20.3%3.7%
EPS growth, YoY--97.8%-2.7%24.7%5.6%42.0%9.7%81.9%-21.4%3.2%
Gross margin--------84.4%83.5%
Operating margin0.6%5.6%14.9%16.4%16.7%14.8%13.4%14.6%15.5%14.1%
Net margin-3.6%0.5%11.5%12.2%11.0%12.5%9.6%10.0%6.6%9.2%
Free cash flow margin12.9%12.4%8.8%7.4%15.0%13.0%13.0%13.3%12.7%15.6%
Return on equity-4.6%0.6%13.2%16.3%15.4%17.2%15.4%17.2%11.8%18.4%
Return on assets-2.0%0.3%5.8%6.4%5.6%6.6%5.4%5.9%4.2%5.7%
Current ratio1.291.411.521.321.231.431.441.611.781.53
Debt to equity0.680.650.740.911.050.931.151.261.071.45

Source: XBRL data Charles River Laboratories International Inc. files with the SEC, latest filing dated Nov 4, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.

* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.

Per-share figures are as filed. The filings show no stock split in these periods.

EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.

CRL peers

CompanyRevenueGrowthNet incomeNet marginMarket cap
CRL$3.98B-1.2%$40.19M1.0%$16.17B
IQV$17.31B+8.8%$1.40B8.1%$44.80B
INCY$6.01B+24.9%$403.41M6.7%$24.39B
MEDP$2.84B+20.4%$517.83M18.2%$18.27B
ICLR$8.25B+0.8%$229.34M2.8%$15.68B
ABSI$1.56M-62.3%-$121.08M-7756.4%$1.75B
OABI$40.21M+90.6%-$43.47M-108.1%$732.9M
NRC$143.79M+3.4%$6.13M4.3%$548.7M
MXCT$31.05M-13.2%-$35.64M-114.8%$130.0M

CRL FAQ

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  • What is CRL revenue?
    Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (CRL) reported $3.98B of revenue for the twelve months ended Sep 26, 2026. That is down 1.2% from the year before. Revenue for fiscal 2025 was $4.02B.
  • Is CRL profitable?
    Yes. Charles River Laboratories International Inc. earned $40.19M in net income for the twelve months ended Sep 26, 2026, a net margin of 1.0%.
  • How much cash and debt does CRL have?
    Charles River Laboratories International Inc. reported $200.38M in cash and cash equivalents and $2.45B of debt on its most recent balance sheet in SEC filings.
  • How fast is CRL revenue growing?
    Charles River Laboratories International Inc.'s revenue changed -0.9% in fiscal 2025, to $4.02B. Its compound annual growth rate was +6.5% over 5 years and +11.4% over 10 years.
  • What is CRL free cash flow?
    Charles River Laboratories International Inc. generated $399.63M of free cash flow for the twelve months ended Sep 26, 2026, which is operating cash flow of $622.41M less capital expenditures.
  • What is CRL earnings per share?
    Diluted earnings per share were $0.96 for the twelve months ended Sep 26, 2026, from SEC filings, restated for any stock split those filings show.
  • When did CRL last report financial results?
    The latest statements here come from Charles River Laboratories International Inc.'s 10-Q filed on Nov 4, 2026, covering the period ended Sep 26, 2026.
  • Where does this CRL financial data come from?
    Quantisnow builds these statements from the structured XBRL data Charles River Laboratories International Inc. files with the SEC. It is provided for information only and is not investment advice.