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About Charles River Laboratories
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 a… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Diagnostics & Research
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: June 23, 2000
Headquarters: 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, MA, United States, 01887
Founder-Led: Yes — Jim Foster (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$164.49
Market Cap
$7.65B
Float
47.6M
Shares Outstanding
48.2M
P/E (Forward)
14.03
Price/Sales (TTM)
1.90
vs. Analyst Target
+26.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
-4.59%
Operating Margin (TTM)
15.92%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-17.30%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$208.80 (19 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.92B
$364M
$1.07B
$768M
2021
$3.54B
$391M
$1.33B
$820M
2022
$3.98B
$486M
$1.46B
$986M
2023
$4.13B
$475M
$1.50B
$1.03B
2024
$4.05B
$10.3M
$1.33B
$581M
2025
$4.02B
-$144M
$1.23B
$911M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$1.03B
$52.3M
Sep 2025
$1.00B
$54.4M
Dec 2025
$994M
-$277M
Mar 2026
$996M
-$14.8M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
0.9%
Institutional Ownership
123.7%
Short Float
7.0%
% of All Funds Holding
6.39%
Number of Funds Holding
525
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$168.14
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$177.00
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$167.62
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$195.02
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$177.04
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$169.44
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$191.05
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$208.00
resistance
1.31x
2 months ago
$120.00
support
1.21x
11 months ago
$244.00
resistance
1.64x
20 months ago
$271.00
resistance
1.02x
24 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (104 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
0.66%
0.23%
62.50%
10.94%
-6.60%
1 Day
0.23%
-0.10%
48.08%
13.51%
-9.29%
1 Week
0.23%
0.89%
55.77%
13.46%
-20.61%
2 Weeks
0.28%
-0.06%
49.04%
25.13%
-20.17%
1 Month
0.75%
1.20%
56.31%
19.75%
-39.61%
Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (58 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
2.0%
65.4%
26
Feb
0.9%
61.5%
26
Mar
0.3%
73.1%
26
Apr
-2.1%
38.5%
26
May
4.5%
64.0%
25
Jun
1.9%
52.0%
25
Jul
5.2%
61.5%
26
Aug
-0.4%
46.2%
26
Sep
0.1%
50.0%
26
Oct
-1.7%
50.0%
26
Nov
-0.6%
50.0%
26
Dec
3.7%
69.2%
26
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
-0.08%
49.2%
1223
Tuesday
0.15%
51.3%
1338
Wednesday
0.08%
53.0%
1337
Thursday
0.05%
52.9%
1311
Friday
0.07%
52.1%
1308
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 123.7%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 0.9%
Founder-led management: Jim Foster (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer)
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