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Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 28.51% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1178.0% year-over-year to 28.51%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.63%, down 499.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.63%, 499.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 28.51% in Q4 2025 per CRL's latest filing, down from 13.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 19.26% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 28.51% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 10.81%, with a median of 14.84% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: skyrocketed 422bps in 2022, then crashed -2984bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 19.09% in 2021, then dropped by -22bps to 14.89% in 2022, then fell by -12bps to 13.12% in 2023, then tumbled by -228bps to 16.73% in 2024, then plummeted by -70bps to 28.51% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 28.51% in Q4 2025, 13.32% in Q3 2025, and 9.7% in Q2 2025.