TTM
9.7%
YoY change
+0.53pp
Trough year (2006)
-1.6%
Peak year (2004)
18.2%
Latest annual
12.9%
FCF Margin history chart for Charles River (CRL) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: 12.9%
FCF Margin change chart for Charles River (CRL) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: +0.53pp
FCF Margin history table for Charles River (CRL) from 1998 to 2025
| 2025 | 12.9% | +0.53pp | ||
| 2024 | 12.4% | +3.54pp | ||
| 2023 | 8.8% | +1.43pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.4% | -7.61pp | ||
| 2021 | 15.0% | +2.03pp | ||
| 2020 | 13.0% | +0.01pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.0% | -0.30pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.3% | +0.70pp | ||
| 2017 | 12.6% | -1.87pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.5% | -1.91pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.4% | +1.41pp | ||
| 2014 | 15.0% | +0.55pp | ||
| 2013 | 14.4% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2012 | 14.2% | +0.53pp | ||
| 2011 | 13.7% | +2.53pp | ||
| 2010 | 11.1% | -0.93pp | ||
| 2009 | 12.1% | +5.89pp | ||
| 2008 | 6.2% | +1.52pp | ||
| 2007 | 4.6% | +6.29pp | ||
| 2006 | -1.6% | -14.22pp | ||
| 2005 | 12.6% | -5.61pp | ||
| 2004 | 18.2% | +3.35pp | ||
| 2003 | 14.8% | -2.49pp | ||
| 2002 | 17.3% | +9.89pp | ||
| 2001 | 7.4% | +1.50pp | ||
| 2000 | 5.9% | -5.29pp | ||
| 1999 | 11.2% | -1.95pp | ||
| 1998 | 13.2% | — |
- 202512.9%+0.53pp
- 202412.4%+3.54pp
- 20238.8%+1.43pp
- 20227.4%-7.61pp
- 202115.0%+2.03pp
- 202013.0%+0.01pp
- 201913.0%-0.30pp
- 201813.3%+0.70pp
- 201712.6%-1.87pp
- 201614.5%-1.91pp
- 201516.4%+1.41pp
- 201415.0%+0.55pp
- 201314.4%+0.22pp
- 201214.2%+0.53pp
- 201113.7%+2.53pp
- 201011.1%-0.93pp
- 200912.1%+5.89pp
- 20086.2%+1.52pp
- 20074.6%+6.29pp
- 2006-1.6%-14.22pp
- 200512.6%-5.61pp
- 200418.2%+3.35pp
- 200314.8%-2.49pp
- 200217.3%+9.89pp
- 20017.4%+1.50pp
- 20005.9%-5.29pp
- 199911.2%-1.95pp
- 199813.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Charles River's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Charles River (CRL)
According to Charles River's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 9.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Charles River (CRL) reported free cash flow margin of 12.91% – expanded 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 18.19%, reached in 2004; the historical low of -1.64% was recorded in 2006.
Charles River FCF Margin by Year
Charles River FCF Margin 2025: 12.9%
2025's free cash flow margin for Charles River came in at 12.91%, expanded 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
Charles River FCF Margin 2024: 12.4%
Charles River posted free cash flow margin of 12.39% in 2024, expanded 3.5 percentage points from 2023.
Charles River FCF Margin 2023: 8.8%
In 2023, Charles River reported free cash flow margin of 8.85%, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2022.
Charles River FCF Margin 2022: 7.4%
Charles River free cash flow margin in 2022 was 7.42%, contracted 7.6 percentage points from 2021.
Charles River FCF Margin 2021: 15.0%
Charles River free cash flow margin in 2021 was 15.03%.
See more financial history for Charles River (CRL).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Healthcare peers of Charles River (CRL), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 33.2% | |
| 23.1% | |
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| 15.1% | |
| 9.4% | |
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