Charles River Laboratories CRL Operating margin
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Charles River Laboratories’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Charles River Laboratories’s 10-Q, filed November 5, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Charles River Laboratories's operating margin?
- Charles River Laboratories (CRL) reported operating margin of 13% in Q3 2024.
- How has Charles River Laboratories's operating margin changed year-over-year?
- Charles River Laboratories's operating margin decreased by 15.4% year-over-year, from 15.4% to 13%.
- What is the long-term trend for Charles River Laboratories's operating margin?
- Over 3 years (2020 to 2023), Charles River Laboratories's operating margin has grown at a 0.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.8% to 14.9%.
- What does operating margin mean?
- The profit left from core operations for every dollar of sales, before interest and taxes.
- How do you interpret operating margin?
- Expanding operating margin shows operating leverage — revenue growing faster than the cost base. Compression points to rising overhead, pricing pressure, or investment ahead of revenue.
- How does operating margin compare across companies?
- Strong cross-company signal within a sector. Capital-light businesses sustain higher operating margins than capital-intensive ones.