Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025)

Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.41% for Q4 2025, down 295.0% year-over-year from 0.21% in Q4 2024, and down 81.54% quarter-over-quarter from 2.2% in Q3 2025.

Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Charles River Laboratories International's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.41% for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 295.0% year-over-year to 0.41%; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.41% (down 295.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.41%, down 291.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 0.41%, down from 2.2% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 10.63% in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.41% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.39% (2021), against an average of 7.6%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed soared 151 bps in 2021, then tumbled 599 bps in 2025.
  • Charles River Laboratories International's Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.82% in 2021, then increased by 4 bps to 10.17% in 2022, then slipped by 11 bps to 9.02% in 2023, then slumped by 63 bps to 3.36% in 2024, then slumped by 88 bps to 0.41% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows CRL's Return on Capital Employed at 0.41% in Q4 2025, 2.2% in Q3 2025, and 1.92% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 213.88 Bn 209.81 Bn 8.34 Bn 8.30%
2 Danaher 140.65 Bn 136.30 Bn 3.61 Bn 6.42%
3 Idexx Laboratories 46.02 Bn 45.83 Bn 779.09 Mn 68.60%
4 Agilent Technologies 39.85 Bn 38.05 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
5 Iqvia Holdings 39.20 Bn 37.12 Bn 1.44 Bn 10.49%
6 Natera 38.80 Bn 37.70 Bn 696.04 Mn -16.64%
7 Illumina 30.11 Bn 28.94 Bn 770.00 Mn 17.55%
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.66 Bn 28.61 Bn 650.22 Mn 49.80%
9 Quest Diagnostics 26.24 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.03 Bn 10.85%
10 Charles River Laboratories International 12.89 Bn 12.68 Bn 1.81 Bn 0.41%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 27, 2025 0.41%
Sep 27, 2025 2.20%
Jun 28, 2025 1.92%
Mar 29, 2025 2.71%
Dec 28, 2024 3.36%
Sep 28, 2024 7.58%
Jun 29, 2024 7.91%
Mar 30, 2024 7.97%
Dec 30, 2023 9.02%
Sep 30, 2023 9.68%
Jul 1, 2023 9.63%
Apr 1, 2023 10.05%
Dec 31, 2022 10.17%
Sep 24, 2022 10.25%
Jun 25, 2022 10.63%
Mar 26, 2022 10.15%
Dec 25, 2021 9.82%
Sep 25, 2021 9.25%
Jun 26, 2021 9.80%
Mar 27, 2021 9.54%