Charles River Laboratories International
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

20252025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
16.3215.0613.8011.219.54
Price/Sales ratio
1.761.701.641.661.49
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$9.71$10.52$11.48$14.14$16.61

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
23.6524.9323.1442.1223.6629.3734.2347.4922.7725.5121.1929.37
Price/Sales ratio
2.312.732.132.792.362.824.265.242.782.932.592.36
Price/Book Value ratio
4.455.074.284.974.064.525.897.323.723.363.464.52
Price/Cash Flow ratio
11.9413.0012.0016.4312.1415.3922.8124.4017.8617.7016.6212.14
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
15.4416.6814.7322.2217.7921.7432.8234.9037.5433.1434.9417.79
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.891.389.28-2.000.293.080.818.310.98-8.130.910.29
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
36.42%38.95%38.45%37.80%37.07%36.55%36.71%37.69%36.78%36.38%36.78%36.55%
Operating Profit Margin
13.69%15.14%14.12%15.47%14.62%13.39%14.79%16.66%16.37%14.94%16.37%14.62%
Pretax Profit Margin
13.68%14.33%13.25%15.98%12.43%11.60%15.29%13.57%15.66%14.07%15.66%12.43%
Net Profit Margin
9.76%10.95%9.20%6.64%9.98%9.61%12.45%11.04%12.22%11.49%12.22%9.98%
Effective Tax Rate
26.84%22.20%29.98%57.70%19.33%16.45%18.29%17.03%20.92%17.36%20.92%19.33%
Return on Assets
6.72%7.21%5.70%4.21%5.87%5.37%6.63%5.56%6.39%5.79%6.39%5.87%
Return On Equity
18.84%20.36%18.49%11.80%17.18%15.41%17.22%15.42%16.33%13.19%17.90%17.18%
Return on Capital Employed
11.18%11.75%10.40%11.65%10.04%8.81%9.30%9.84%9.99%8.64%9.99%9.99%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.041.791.521.781.601.431.22N/AN/AN/A1.311.43
Quick Ratio
1.741.491.301.531.371.211.201.041.081.160.901.21
Cash ratio
0.540.370.270.350.350.330.270.230.210.260.210.33
Days of Sales Outstanding
72.5672.3079.0284.4976.0671.5777.1166.2869.0668.9769.0671.57
Days of Inventory outstanding
39.3941.1133.8036.3132.7335.2636.6232.9537.1452.8337.1432.73
Operating Cycle
111.96113.41112.83120.81108.79106.84113.7499.24106.21121.8154.17106.84
Days of Payables Outstanding
14.9616.0824.1524.5916.9524.4724.1532.7829.9023.4729.9016.95
Cash Conversion Cycle
97.0097.3388.6796.2291.8482.3689.5866.4576.3198.3448.3282.36
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.410.410.450.390.430.390.350.410.360.370.600.43
Debt Equity Ratio
1.151.171.471.091.261.130.921.150.920.851.531.26
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.520.530.590.510.550.520.470.530.470.460.500.52
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.530.540.590.520.550.530.470.530.480.46N/A0.53
Interest Coverage Ratio
14.8713.698.569.685.195.765.00N/AN/AN/A10.975.19
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.320.330.240.270.260.250.280.260.220.22N/A0.25
Company Equity Multiplier
2.802.823.242.802.922.872.592.772.552.272.552.87
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.190.210.170.170.190.180.180.210.150.160.150.18
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.770.770.810.730.680.700.690.690.470.530.470.70
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.320.330.240.270.260.250.280.260.220.22N/A0.25
Short Term Coverage Ratio
7.8616.8110.9210.2014.0413.5211.587.53K12.34N/AN/A13.52
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A