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% on a QoQ basis from 2.2% in Q3 2025.

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

Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.41% the latest figure, recorded in 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 came in at 0.41% for Q4 2025 at Charles River Laboratories International, 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.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 7.6%, with a median of 9.39% recorded in 2021.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 151 bps in 2021 and sank 599 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 9.82% in 2021, then climbed by 4 bps to 10.17% in 2022, then retreated by 11 bps to 9.02% in 2023, then plunged by 63 bps to 3.36% in 2024, then plunged by 88 bps to 0.41% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 0.41%, 2.2%, and 1.92% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

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1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Charles River Laboratories International 11.36 Bn 11.15 Bn 744.94 Mn 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%