Seasonality
CRL seasonality — Charles River Laboratories
Over the last 11 years, CRL's strongest month on average has been July (+7.6%) and its weakest April (-3.7%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.15% | +2.43% | 60% | +11.6% | -12.5% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.64% | +0.88% | 70% | +17.5% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.80% | -1.17% | 50% | +6.6% | -18.9% | 10 |
| Apr | -3.73% | -3.25% | 20% | +14.7% | -21.2% | 10 |
| May | +3.32% | +2.17% | 70% | +24.2% | -10.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +7.05% | +9.09% | 70% | +25.5% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +7.60% | +10.36% | 70% | +18.2% | -5.2% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.87% | -0.97% | 40% | +24.0% | -19.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.61% | -0.56% | 40% | +8.9% | -7.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.70% | +4.10% | 60% | +21.8% | -14.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.53% | +7.69% | 67% | +17.1% | -18.5% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.08% | +5.10% | 70% | +19.9% | -16.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CRL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.5 | -15.2 | -3.4 | -3.2 | 8.2 | 25.5 | 2.5 | 24.0 | 2.4 | 21.8 | -6.1 | +69.2% | |
| 2025 | -10.8 | 0.3 | -8.9 | -21.2 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 11.8 | -3.7 | -4.2 | 15.1 | -1.1 | 12.0 | +8.1% |
| 2024 | -8.5 | 17.5 | 6.6 | -15.5 | -9.0 | -0.9 | 18.2 | -19.0 | -0.4 | -9.3 | 11.5 | -7.3 | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 11.6 | -9.8 | -8.0 | -5.8 | 1.7 | 8.7 | -0.3 | -1.3 | -5.2 | -14.1 | 17.1 | 19.9 | +8.5% |
| 2022 | -12.5 | -11.7 | -2.5 | -14.9 | -3.1 | -8.6 | 17.1 | -18.1 | -4.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | -4.7 | -42.2% |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 14.7 | 1.7 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 9.1 | -7.0 | 8.7 | -18.5 | 3.0 | +50.8% |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -18.9 | 14.6 | 24.2 | -3.0 | 14.1 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 6.5 | +63.6% |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 15.4 | 2.2 | -3.3 | -10.7 | 13.1 | -5.2 | -2.5 | 0.9 | -1.8 | 11.8 | 5.2 | +35.0% |
| 2018 | -3.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | -2.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 10.7 | -0.6 | 8.9 | -9.4 | 10.7 | -16.1 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 3.4 | -0.3 | 2.6 | 9.9 | -2.9 | 10.8 | -0.7 | 7.7 | -10.4 | 5.0 | +43.6% |
| 2016 | 7.2 |