Charter Communications Inc vs Charles River Laboratories Intl. Inc — how do they compare? Charter Communications Inc trades at $157.8 (market cap $18.81B), while Charles River Laboratories Intl. Inc trades at $282 (market cap $13.46B). The key difference: Charter Communications Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Charles River Laboratories Intl. Inc is trading nearer its 52-week high, Charter Communications Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHTR | CRL | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.81B | $13.46B |
Sector | Media | Health |
52-Week High | $282.74 | $282.00 |
52-Week Low | $123.31 | $145.57 |
Enterprise Value | $115.01B | $16.30B |
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Charter is the product of the 2016 merger of three cable companies, each with a decades-long history in the business: Legacy Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The firm now holds networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 54 million U.S. homes and businesses, around 40% of the country. Across this footprint, Charter serves 29 million residential and 2 million commercial customer accounts under the Spectrum brand, making it the second-largest U.S. cable company behind Comcast. The firm also owns, in whole or in part, sports and news networks, including Spectrum SportsNet (long-term local rights to Los Angeles Lakers games), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles Dodgers), SportsNet New York (New York Mets), and Spectrum News NY1.
Read more on CHTR →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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