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

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

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 was 0.41% for Q4 2025 at Charles River Laboratories International, down from 2.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 10.63% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.41% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.6% across 5 years, with a median of 9.39% in 2021.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed jumped 151 bps in 2021, then plunged 599 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.82% in 2021, then rose by 4 bps to 10.17% in 2022, then dropped by 11 bps to 9.02% in 2023, then tumbled by 63 bps to 3.36% in 2024, then tumbled by 88 bps to 0.41% in 2025.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.41% (Q4 2025), 2.2% (Q3 2025), and 1.92% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Charles River Laboratories International 9.26 Bn 9.06 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%