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CLW

Clearwater Paper Corp

Next earnings Jul 27, 2026 · consensus $-1.60 EPS, $378M rev

Last earnings +1.6% on 2026-04-28

Sell
$16.80
▲ +0.78%
$16.80▼ -37.55%
over 1Y
L $12.44EODHDH $30.84
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+0.8%
1W+7.3%
1M+7.3%
3M+18.6%
YTD-5.1%
1Y-37.5%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
C-
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 7 analysts
Buy

Revenue grew 12.4% YoY; but unprofitable (net margin -1.2%).

Revenue (FY2025) $1.56B · FY2025

Clearwater Paper Corp shows $1.56B in FY2025 revenue (+12.4% YoY), a -1.2% net margin, and -2.3% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue—$1.20B$1.14B$1.38B$1.56B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$12.0M$99.3M$78.1M-$64.5M-$42.1M
Net income-$28.1M$46.0M$108M$196M-$18.6M
Diluted EPS-$1.67$2.68$6.30$11.70-$1.15
Net margin—3.8%9.5%14.2%-1.2%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$585M
EV / EBITDA11.6
EV / Sales0.4
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-6.9%
FCF yield-28.4%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-2.8%
Free cash flow-$76.5M
Total debt$346M
Net cash-$315M
Altman Z-Score2.10 grey
Piotroski F-Score5/8

Capital returns

Buyback yield6.4%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield6.4%
Shares Δ YoY-0.8%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Officer / director change2026-05-12
  2. 8-K Earnings results2026-04-28
  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-04-28
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-03-27
  5. 8-K Earnings results2026-02-18
  6. 10-K Annual report2026-02-18
  7. 8-K Officer / director change2025-10-28
  8. 10-Q Quarterly report2025-10-28
  9. 8-K Earnings results2025-07-29

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

C-
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthD
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC+
Momentum—
  • ✓Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
Revenue
$1.56B
+12.4% YoY
Net margin
-1.2%
ROE
-2.3%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$1.56B+12.4%
Net income-$18.6M-109.5%
Operating income-$42.1M+34.7%
Diluted EPS-$1.15-109.8%
Cash & equivalents$30.7M-61.4%
Total assets$1.59B-5.4%
Total liabilities$763M-7.5%
Stockholders' equity$825M-3.4%
Op.: -2.7%L/E: 0.92x

Frequently asked

Is Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) a buy?
CLW currently carries a Sell rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Revenue grew 12.4% YoY; but unprofitable (net margin -1.2%).
What is Clearwater Paper Corp's quality score?
CLW scores 54.05882352941176/100 (grade C-) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001441236, latest 10-Q filed 2026-04-28) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 7:43:45 PM.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-18
Kitch Arsen S.
President, CEO
Award9.15K @ $14.83$136K
2026-05-15
Passarello Mathew D
Sr. V.P.
Tax179.00 @ $13.72$2.46K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-04-28Beat +3.5% est▲ +1.57%8-K ↗
2026-02-18Beat +13.4% est▲ +2.29%8-K ↗
2025-10-28Miss -516.5% est▼ -0.41%8-K ↗
2025-07-29Miss -76.0% est▼ -0.17%8-K ↗
2025-04-29—▲ +2.25%8-K ↗
2024-11-04—▼ -2.55%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

market news →
Gerresheimer Glass, Oliver, TriMas, Veritiv Visual announced closures in AprilBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-05-05
Clearwater Paper Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call SummaryBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-29
Clearwater Paper outlines $1.4B-$1.5B revenue outlook while projecting Q2 adjusted EBITDA of breakeven to (-$10M)Bearish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-04-29
Clearwater Paper (CLW) Q1 2026 Earnings TranscriptBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-28
Clearwater Paper (CLW) Q1 2025 Earnings TranscriptBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-28
Clearwater Paper (CLW) Q2 2025 Earnings TranscriptBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-28

Vs tracked universe

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1044 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score54 vs 67
Revenue growth12.4% vs 7.1%
Net margin-1.2% vs 10.5%
Return on equity-2.3% vs 12.3%
P/E— vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 2d
Bearish
-0.22
vs typical · 3 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.