CTLT Gross Margin Analysis

Gross margin measures the percentage of revenue a company keeps after paying direct production costs—at 17.7%, CTLT retains less than 18 cents of every sales dollar.

This is far below the sector median of 43.8%, placing the company in the 13th percentile among peers, indicating it operates with much weaker pricing power or higher input costs than most competitors. No year-over-year or quarter-over-quarter change data is available, and the trend direction over the last eight quarters is not provided, so there is no information on whether margins are improving or deteriorating. The combination of a very low gross margin and the absence of trend data creates uncertainty—the level alone signals elevated operational risk, but without a direction, the near-term opportunity or threat remains unclear. This metric supports the overall NEUTRAL verdict: the poor margin level is a clear negative, but the lack of trend evidence prevents a more bearish stance.

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