During the past 12 months, Charles River Laboratories International's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 23.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Charles River Laboratories International was 48.60% per year. The lowest was -31.90% per year. And the median was 14.40% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Charles River Laboratories International's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Charles River Laboratories International's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Charles River Laboratories International's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Charles River Laboratories International's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
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Charles River Laboratories International 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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Charles River Laboratories International (NYSE:CRL) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation
Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
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Charles River Laboratories International (Charles River Laboratories International) Business Description
Charles River Laboratories was founded in 1947 and is a leading provider of drug discovery and development services. The company's research model & services segment is the leading provider of animal models for laboratory testing, which breeds and delivers animal research models with specific genetic characteristics for preclinical studies around the world. The discovery & safety assessment segment includes services required to take a drug through the early development process, including discovery services. The manufacturing support segment includes microbial solutions, which provides in vitro (non-animal) testing products, biologics testing services, and avian vaccine services.
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