Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL) 20 Days SMA touches 7.97%: The odds favor the bear

On Friday, Charles River Laboratories International Inc (NYSE: CRL) was 3.93% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $169.27. A 52-week range for CRL has been $150.79 – $275.00.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Healthcare sector was 9.37%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -8.97%. With a float of $50.57 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $51.14 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 20100 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 31.83%, operating margin of 6.48%, and the pretax margin is 2.3%.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Charles River Laboratories International Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Charles River Laboratories International Inc is 1.12%, while institutional ownership is 105.07%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 20 ’25, was worth 1,002,436. In this transaction Chairman, President and CEO of this company bought 6,075 shares at a rate of $165.01, taking the stock ownership to the 183,639 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 20 ’25, when Company’s Corporate Executive VP & COO bought 1,514 for $164.63, making the entire transaction worth $249,250. This insider now owns 55,058 shares in total.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.39 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -8.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.80% during the next five years compared to -47.65% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (NYSE: CRL) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.13. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.22. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.94.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.26, a number that is poised to hit 2.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.33 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Charles River Laboratories International Inc (CRL)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.2 million, its volume of 1.16 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 72.32%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.51.

During the past 100 days, Charles River Laboratories International Inc’s (CRL) raw stochastic average was set at 31.72%, which indicates a significant decrease from 94.93% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 38.22% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 40.27% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $170.25, while its 200-day Moving Average is $194.90. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $179.41 in the near term. At $182.90, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $188.55. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $170.26, it is likely to go to the next support level at $164.61. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $161.12.

Charles River Laboratories International Inc (NYSE: CRL) Key Stats

There are 51,136K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 9.00 billion. As of now, sales total 4,050 M while income totals 22,200 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,003 M while its last quarter net income were -214,120 K.