A vs CRL
Agilent Technologies and Charles River Laboratories, side by side.
Prices and company dataas of yesterday's close
- ABuy moresales growth, past year8.6%
Agilent's sales grew 8.6% over the past year, and it trades at 28 times its past year's earnings, close to its usual level.
- CRLBuy more13%
Two more analysts rate Charles River Laboratories a buy than three months ago, and analysts expect profit to grow 13% next year.
Percent return
- A+19.31%
- CRL+97.52%
Nov 11, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026
Where they differ
- Company size: A $39.6B, CRL $10.6B.
- Sales growth, 1 yr: A +8.6%, CRL −1.2%. A is ahead.
- Price for $1 of next year's profit: A $27, CRL $27.
- Profit per $1 of sales: A 25¢, CRL 14¢. A is ahead.
- Cash minus debt: A −$2.39B, CRL −$2.65B. A is ahead.
- Price change, 1 yr: A +19%, CRL +98%. CRL is ahead. S&P 500 +12%.
- How much the price swings: A 29%, CRL 48%. A is ahead.
| Measure | AAgilent Technologies | CRLCharles River Laboratories |
|---|---|---|
| Price and returns | ||
| Price | $176.91 | $342.79 |
| Today | Best in this row: −0.55% | −0.87% |
| 1 month | +3.76% | Best in this row: +13.55% |
| 3 months | +18.52% | Best in this row: +21.56% |
| This year | +31.02% | Best in this row: +71.79% |
| 1 year | +19.31% | Best in this row: +97.52% |
| 5 years | Best in this row: +15.49% | −12.14% |
| From 52-week high | −2.5% | −8.9% |
| How much it swings (90 days) | Best in this row: 29% | 48% |
| Valuation | ||
| Market value | $39.6B | $10.6B |
| Price vs last year's earnings | Best in this row: 28.2× | 374.1× |
| Price vs next year's expected earnings | Best in this row: 26.6× | 26.7× |
| Price vs earnings, adjusted for growth | 2.20× | Best in this row: 1.87× |
| Price to sales | 6.7× | Best in this row: 4.1× |
| Price vs cash it brings in | Best in this row: 38.9× | 40.5× |
| Company value vs operating profit | 24.8× | Best in this row: 20.7× |
| Price vs earnings, against its own past (0 = cheapest) | 100 | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth, 1 year | Best in this row: +8.6% | −1.2% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 3 years | Best in this row: +0.5% | +0.3% |
| Earnings per share growth, last year | Best in this row: +22.8% | −492.3% |
| Earnings per share growth expected next year | +8.0% | Best in this row: +12.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Kept from sales after making the product | Best in this row: 53.6% | 35.1% |
| Kept as operating profit | Best in this row: 24.5% | 14.3% |
| Kept as final profit | Best in this row: 19.5% | 1.0% |
| Kept as spare cash | Best in this row: 17.2% | 10.1% |
| Profit on shareholders' money | Best in this row: 21.0% | 1.3% |
| Profit on all money put in | Best in this row: 16.9% | 9.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net cash (cash minus debt) | Best in this row: −$2.39B | −$2.65B |
| Debt for each $1 of shareholders' money | Best in this row: 0.56× | 0.87× |
| Short-term assets per $1 of bills due | Best in this row: 2.05× | 1.41× |
| Dividend yield | 0.58% | – |
| Share of profit paid as dividends | 20% | – |
| Our readPro | ||
| Our call | Buy more | Buy more |
| Why | Agilent's sales grew 8.6% over the past year, and it trades at 28 times its past year's earnings, close to its usual level. | Two more analysts rate Charles River Laboratories a buy than three months ago, and analysts expect profit to grow 13% next year. |
| Where the price sits | in the full report | in the full report |
| Our overall score (out of 100) | Best in this row: 70 | 45 |
| Our value score | Best in this row: 68 | 45 |
| Our growth score | Best in this row: 65 | 27 |
| Our quality score | Best in this row: 84 | 44 |
| Our price trend score | 69 | Best in this row: 70 |
| Earnings and analysts | ||
| Next earnings | Nov 23AMCin 11 days | – |
| Analyst consensus | Buy | Buy |
| To average analyst target | Best in this row: +3.8% | +2.2% |
| Average analyst target | $183.60 | $350.23 |
| Analysts rating it a buy | 68% | Best in this row: 82% |
| Buy ratings added, 3 months | −2 | Best in this row: +2 |
| Analysts covering | 15 | 14 |
A: faster growth at a lower P/E
Our pick of these: Agilent Technologies
Sales growth +8.6% vs −1.2%
A +8.6%, CRL −1.2%.Forward P/E per point of sales growth 3.09 vs no growth
A 3.09, CRL no growth.Keeps 24.5% of sales as operating profit, vs 14.3%
A 24.5%, CRL 14.3%.Where it loses: CRL has a better past year, +97.5% vs +19.3%
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