CRL Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CRL stock have an average target of 198.27, with a low estimate of 160 and a high estimate of 265. The average target predicts an increase of 18.87% from the current stock price of 166.79.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$160	$198.27	$195	$265
Change	-4.07%	+18.87%	+16.91%	+58.88%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CRL stock from 12 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	4	4	4	4	4	4
Buy	4	4	4	4	4	4
Hold	7	6	6	5	5	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	14	14	13	13	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Luke Sergott Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $200 → $210	Buy	Maintains	$200 → $210	+25.91%	Apr 14, 2026
Casey Woodring JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $165 → $160	Hold	Maintains	$165 → $160	-4.07%	Apr 13, 2026
Dan Leonard UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $170 → $175	Hold	Maintains	$170 → $175	+4.92%	Feb 25, 2026
Charles Rhyee TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $251 → $235	Strong Buy	Maintains	$251 → $235	+40.90%	Feb 20, 2026
Ann Hynes Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $215 → $175	Hold	Maintains	$215 → $175	+4.92%	Feb 20, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

3.97B

from 4.02B

-1.03%

from 4.02B

Revenue Next Year

4.10B

from 3.97B

3.04%

from 3.97B

EPS This Year

11.14

from -2.91

EPS Next Year

12.28

from 11.14

10.23%

from 11.14

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 25, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Dec 27, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	3.54B	3.98B	4.13B	4.05B	4.02B	3.97B	4.10B
Revenue Growth	21.08%	12.31%	3.86%	-1.92%	-0.85%	-1.03%	3.04%
EPS	7.60	9.48	9.22	0.20	-2.91	11.14	12.28
EPS Growth	5.56%	24.74%	-2.74%	-97.83%	-	-	10.23%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	14.97	13.59
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	4.3B	4.5B
Avg	4.0B	4.1B
Low	3.8B	3.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.1%	13.6%
Avg	-1.0%	3.0%
Low	-6.5%	-4.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	11.76	13.76
Avg	11.14	12.28
Low	10.65	11.30

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-	23.5%
Avg	-	10.2%
Low	-	1.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.