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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$59.72
Intrinsic $79.62 · 25% MOS
Current price: $185.79
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $391M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $79.62 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $59.72, suggesting the stock is currently 68% overvalued against the $185.79 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$391M
Cash & equivalents
$192M
Total debt
$3.1B
Shares outstanding
49M