CRL

Charles River Laboratories
Life Sciences Tools & Services · Health Care · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$310.77
+7.1% on the session
1-year return
+77.2%
+84.7% over six months
Volatility
45.1%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-33.9%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Charles River Laboratories is a life sciences tools & services name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +77.2%, against +35.9% over three months and +5.9% over one. It trades 47.6% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 45.1% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -33.9%, and it has traded a median $235M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.36 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#2 of 59
Stronger than 98% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#17 of 496

How CRL scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Life Sciences Tools & Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+7.1%
1 week+5.5%
1 month+5.9%
3 months+35.9%
6 months+84.7%
1 year+77.2%
12-1 momentum+67.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)45.1%
Max drawdown (1y)-33.9%
Distance vs 200-day average+47.6%
Return per unit of risk1.71
Median daily dollar volume$235M
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