Clearwater Paper Corporation
General ticker "CLW" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
- Capitalization: $315.0M (TTM average)
Clearwater Paper Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 12.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 20.50$, high 21.47$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 1900 (-13.6%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 90.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Industry cyclicity, Customer concentration, Raw material costs, Environmental regulations, Capital project execution
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [10.59$, 21.68$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [9.59$, 19.56$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CLW estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -16.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.28
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 0.78
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 51.96 <= 63.63
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -15.69 <= -0.75
- Positive: -3.10 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of -1.16
- Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.46 > 0.27
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.03 > -0.64
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.59 <= 10.39
- Positive: -9.15 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -6.69
Short-term CLW quotes
Long-term CLW plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,136.00MM | $1,383.60MM | $1,555.40MM |
| Operating Expenses | $958.90MM | $1,448.10MM | $1,543.20MM |
| Operating Income | $177.10MM | $-64.50MM | $12.20MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-111.50MM | $-36.50MM | $-72.30MM |
| Interest Expense | $9.50MM | $32.10MM | $16.50MM |
| Income(Loss) | $65.60MM | $-101.00MM | $-60.10MM |
| Taxes | $16.90MM | $-27.00MM | $-7.10MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $59.00MM | $270.30MM | $0.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $107.70MM | $196.30MM | $-18.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $668.80MM | $854.60MM | $825.30MM |
| Inventory | $161.20MM | $257.90MM | $0.28MM |
| Assets | $1,671.80MM | $1,679.20MM | $1,588.30MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $190.70MM | $61.40MM | $0.01MM |
| Capital expenditure | $73.70MM | $116.60MM | $0.09MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-73.70MM | $167.70MM | $-0.10MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-129.40MM | $-191.40MM | $0.04MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $6.39 | $11.70 | $-1.15 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.