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CRL · Charles River Laboratories Inte

Diagnostics & ResearchUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$276.74

+1.37% last session

End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11

Mildly bullish3 bullish · 1 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (1.75 from 14 analysts)
To mean target: +2.9%

Market cap

$13B

Enterprise value

$16B

Trailing P/E

Forward P/E

21.5

Dividend yield

Beta

1.40

Avg volume

1M

Employees

18K

Daily Change %

1.37%

5 Days Change

-3.52%

10 Days Change

-3.43%

30 Days Change

-1.29%

60 Days Change

19.25%

Month to Day Change

-1.41%

Year to Day Change

39.54%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.75
Covering analysts14
Mean price target$281.00
Low price target$145.00
Upside to mean target+2.9%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)50.1
50-day MA$258.86
200-day MA$202.43
Price vs 50-day MA+6.9%
Price vs 200-day MA+36.7%
MACD histogram-4.39
Volume vs 3-month avg0.3×
52w low $145.5752w high $298.58

Analyst sentiment over time — CRL

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-09-11

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Morgan Stanley

Overweight

$300

+9.9% vs price
▲ raised from $260Maintains · 2026-08-07

RBC Capital

Outperform

$282

+3.3% vs price
▲ raised from $215Maintains · 2026-08-06

JP Morgan

Overweight

$310

+13.6% vs price
▲ raised from $180Upgrade · 2026-08-06

Barclays

Overweight

$220

-19.4% vs price
▲ raised from $210Maintains · 2026-05-08

UBS

Neutral

$175

-35.9% vs price
▲ raised from $170Maintains · 2026-02-25

Citigroup

Buy

$265

-2.9% vs price
▲ raised from $200Maintains · 2026-01-16

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-09-11Evercore ISI GroupMaintainsOutperform$300 $320
2026-08-10TD CowenMaintainsBuy$235 $300
2026-08-07Morgan StanleyMaintainsOverweight$260 $300
2026-08-06RBC CapitalMaintainsOutperform$215 $282
2026-08-06Evercore ISI GroupMaintainsOutperform$260 $300
2026-08-06JP MorganUpgradeNeutralOverweight$180 $310
2026-07-20CLSADowngradeOutperformHold$219
2026-07-13MizuhoMaintainsNeutral$192 $230

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11

  • RSI (14): RSI is 50 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 6.9% above the 50-day MA ($258.86).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 36.7% above the 200-day MA ($202.43).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-4.39) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($145.57) and high ($298.58).

CRL Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$4.0B
EBITDA$1.0B
Free cash flow$0M
Operating cash flow$1.0B
Book value / share$59.50
Net Debt / EBITDA3.4
WACC12.0%
Revenue growth-3.00%
Earnings growth

About Charles River Laboratories Inte

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; and Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp for developing next-generation multivalent enterovirus vaccine, enhance global regulatory readiness, and support IND-enabling non-clinical studies. 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.

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