Clearwater Paper Corporation CLW R2K

Q: What is the current share price of Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW)?

As of 2026-07-15 16:51 PDT, Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) trades at $15.48 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $12.44 to $30.84.

Q: What is the market capitalisation of CLW?

Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) has a market capitalisation of $249.62M on NYSE.

Q: What is the P/E ratio of CLW?

CLW trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -4.16. The industry average P/E is 23.08. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 0.35.

Q: What is the return on equity (ROE) of CLW?

CLW has a return on equity (ROE) of -7.26%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 0.89%.

Q: Is CLW a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

Basic Materials · Paper & Paper Products · United States

https://www.clearwaterpaper.com

Company Profile ↓

$15.48

-48.28% 1Y

Mkt Cap$249.62M

P/E-4.16

P/B0.35

52W High$30.84

52W Low$12.44

Book Value$50.47

EPS (TTM)$-3.72

Company Overview

Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and supplies solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard packaging products in the United States and internationally. The company offers SBS paperboard for use in folding cartons, food service, and commercial printing items; folding carton paperboards, such as blister, carded packaging, and top sheet products; food service paperboard, including liquid packaging, and cup and plate categories, as well as rigid containers comprising juice, milk, and wine; and custom sheeting and slitting of paperboard products. It serves packaging converters through sales managers. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

Recent Developments

Dec 2025 Revenue of $1.56B (+12.4% YoY); net profit $-18.60M.
Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -4.7%, earnings -109.5%.
5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 9.2%, profit CAGR -46.8%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	9.18%
1 Year:	-4.70%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-46.81%
1 Year:	-109.48%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-48.28%
6 Months:	-24.27%
3 Months:	-0.39%
1 Month:	-12.44%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Mixed

52-Week Range 17% of range

$12.44 $30.84

Trend Signals

Price vs 50-DMAAbove
Price vs 200-DMABelow
RSI (14)47.35 · Neutral

Price Performance

1M-12.44%

3M-0.39%

6M-24.27%

1Y-48.28%

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

Price Chart

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Period: Metric:

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

No notable strengths flagged.

CONS

Earnings shrank at -46.8% CAGR over 5 years.
Trading 49.8% below its 52-week high.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

Valuation

Stock P/E

-4.16

Industry PE

23.08

Forward P/E

-10.05

PEG Ratio

3.21

Book Value

$50.47

Price to Book

0.35

P/S

0.19

EV/EBITDA

7.94

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

9.18%

Profit 5Y

-46.81%

Revenue (YoY)

-4.70%

Earnings (YoY)

-109.48%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

0.89%

ROE

-7.26%

ROA

-0.60%

Profit Margin

-1.63%

Op Margin

-7.83%

Gross Margin

4.73%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$-0.80

EPS (TTM)

$-3.72

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.46

Quick Ratio

1.17

Current Ratio

2.60

Debt

$373.20M

Total Assets

$1.57B

Current Assets

Working Capital

Ownership

Promoter Holding

3.65%

Chg in Prom Hold

-0.00%

FII / Inst Holding

81.35%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.37%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$249.62M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$1.54B

EBITDA

$78.30M

Free Cash Flow

$-119.12M

Operating Cash Flow

$11.30M

Shares Outstanding

16.13M

Gross Margin

4.73%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Basic Materials).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	CLW Clearwater Paper Corporation R2K	15.48	-4.16	$249.62M	0.00%	0.89%	-7.26%	9.18%	-46.81%
2	LIN Linde plc NDXSPX	514.15	34.05	$237.72B	1.22%	12.46%	18.23%	13.90%	18.47%
3	NEM Newmont Corporation SPX	95.21	12.35	$101.64B	1.10%	-	25.83%	6.53%	20.15%
4	FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. SPX	60.97	32.26	$87.65B	0.97%	12.50%	15.63%	1.35%	-1.26%
5	SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company SPX	332.29	31.92	$81.95B	0.97%	21.93%	60.72%	6.18%	8.26%
6	ECL Ecolab Inc. SPX	270.25	36.57	$76.06B	1.07%	14.29%	22.43%	6.17%	9.18%
7	CRH CRH plc SPX	103.96	19.04	$69.47B	1.52%	10.97%	15.81%	6.41%	9.30%
8	APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. SPX	293.69	30.98	$65.40B	2.40%	-0.62%	12.35%	-1.77%	-39.16%
9	CTVA Corteva, Inc. SPX	84.45	46.15	$56.48B	0.84%	-	5.14%	2.86%	9.94%

Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Mar 2015	Jun 2015	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	432.10M	426.46M	-	428.80M	452.00M	445.20M	477.90M	480.60M	457.40M	425.90M	406.40M	450.50M	488.20M	526.40M	538.80M	297.20M	291.30M	278.90M	268.60M	258.80M	344.40M	393.30M	387.10M	378.20M	391.80M	399.00M	360.30M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64.20M	49.90M	50.70M	35.90M	33.30M	-2.00M	30.10M	14.70M	-	-	-	-
Operating Income	15.24M	32.07M	40.05M	36.31M	37.76M	40.16M	9.28M	24.11M	20.51M	19.15M	5.16M	26.37M	11.54M	18.38M	46.90M	-174.73M	14.40M	15.30M	-2.40M	18.80M	48.20M	49.20M	27.10M	-56.60M	13.80M	32.90M	31.50M	48.90M	39.80M	47.30M	20.70M	-	-800.00K	-46.90M	-1.20M	-	-4.00M	9.80M	-55.40M	-10.40M
Net Income	5.76M	15.60M	23.06M	11.56M	18.45M	20.86M	901.00K	9.34M	7.51M	8.04M	863.00K	80.92M	2.60M	6.96M	34.44M	-187.77M	3.80M	-400.00K	-11.00M	10.30M	22.80M	21.40M	12.10M	-51.60M	1.90M	16.60M	14.70M	20.60M	23.80M	29.70M	36.60M	17.60M	17.20M	-25.80M	5.80M	199.10M	-6.30M	2.70M	-53.30M	-12.80M
Diluted EPS	0.30	0.81	1.21	0.65	1.05	1.21	0.05	0.56	0.45	0.48	0.05	4.88	0.16	0.42	2.08	-11.39	0.23	-0.03	-0.66	0.62	1.36	1.28	0.71	-3.10	0.11	0.97	0.86	1.21	1.40	1.75	2.17	1.06	1.03	-1.55	0.35	11.91	-0.38	0.17	-3.30	-0.80

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	1.25B	1.37B	1.93B	1.87B	1.89B	1.97B	1.75B	1.73B	1.73B	1.72B	1.76B	1.87B	-	1.20B	1.14B	1.38B	1.56B
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	982.50M	935.30M	1.31B	1.44B
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	212.50M	200.70M	76.10M	115.60M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.60M	120.60M	117.10M	103.40M
Operating Income	-	98.77M	115.44M	145.39M	99.33M	79.81M	123.67M	114.76M	71.20M	-97.90M	45.40M	158.10M	-	100.90M	80.10M	-41.00M	12.20M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134.10M	117.80M	-900.00K	48.80M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.60M	11.50M	30.40M	16.50M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.90M	65.60M	-101.10M	-60.10M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29.20M	16.90M	-27.10M	-7.10M
Net Income	182.46M	73.80M	39.67M	64.13M	106.95M	-2.31M	55.98M	49.55M	97.30M	-143.80M	-5.60M	77.10M	-	46.00M	107.70M	196.30M	-18.60M
Diluted EPS	7.75	3.12	1.66	2.72	4.80	-0.11	2.97	2.90	5.88	-8.72	-0.34	4.61	-	2.68	6.30	11.70	-1.15

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	947.46M	1.55B	1.57B	1.63B	1.74B	1.58B	1.53B	1.68B	1.80B	1.79B	1.88B	1.80B	1.69B	1.70B	1.67B	1.68B	1.59B
Total Equity	180.99M	363.74M	468.35M	484.90M	540.89M	605.09M	497.54M	474.87M	469.90M	575.40M	426.40M	432.00M	521.10M	511.70M	572.10M	668.80M	854.60M	825.30M
Cash & Equivalents	3.22M	2.82M	18.93M	8.44M	12.58M	23.68M	27.33M	5.61M	23.00M	15.70M	22.50M	20.00M	35.90M	25.20M	53.70M	42.00M	79.60M	30.70M
Long Term Debt	-	-	538.31M	523.69M	523.93M	650.00M	568.22M	568.99M	569.75M	570.52M	692.90M	884.50M	716.40M	637.60M	564.90M	439.90M	281.60M	345.50M
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.05B	1.21B	1.23B	1.36B	1.45B	1.28B	1.18B	1.13B	1.00B	824.70M	763.00M
Current Liabilities	-	-	195.11M	154.49M	174.73M	199.43M	223.74M	227.93M	366.52M	419.25M	449.20M	280.40M	244.80M	254.10M	312.00M	286.00M	320.40M	216.20M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	224.76M	185.59M	68.39M	198.69M	136.36M	139.10M	159.68M	172.75M	178.70M	168.90M	55.60M	247.00M	96.40M	150.20M	190.70M	61.40M	12.30M
Investing Cash Flow	-196.39M	-227.94M	-50.15M	-177.00M	-140.59M	35.69M	-78.55M	-222.51M	-198.80M	-224.00M	-140.10M	-39.60M	-25.10M	-33.50M	-73.70M	167.70M	-100.40M
Financing Cash Flow	-28.77M	58.45M	-29.10M	-17.55M	15.33M	-171.13M	-102.85M	67.15M	13.80M	63.30M	82.00M	-192.90M	-82.00M	-88.60M	-129.40M	-191.40M	39.30M
Capital Expenditure	-19.33M	-46.09M	-134.07M	-203.78M	-90.59M	-93.03M	-128.90M	-155.35M	-199.70M	-295.70M	-140.10M	-39.60M	-38.40M	-33.50M	-73.70M	-116.60M	-88.80M
Free Cash Flow	205.44M	139.50M	-65.67M	-5.08M	45.76M	46.07M	30.77M	17.40M	-21.00M	-126.80M	-84.50M	207.40M	58.00M	116.70M	117.00M	-55.20M	-76.50M
Share Buybacks	-	0	11.35M	18.65M	100.00M	100.00M	99.99M	65.33M	4.90M	0	0	0	0	5.00M	17.90M	10.00M	17.20M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.8%	17.7%	5.5%	7.4%
Operating Margin %	-	7.2%	6.0%	7.8%	5.3%	4.1%	7.1%	6.6%	4.1%	-5.7%	2.6%	8.5%	-	8.4%	7.1%	-3.0%	0.8%
Net Margin %	14.6%	5.4%	2.1%	3.4%	5.7%	-0.1%	3.2%	2.9%	5.6%	-8.3%	-0.3%	4.1%	-	3.8%	9.5%	14.2%	-1.2%
ROE %	50.2%	15.8%	8.2%	11.9%	17.7%	-0.5%	11.8%	10.5%	16.9%	-33.7%	-1.3%	14.8%	-	8.0%	16.1%	23.0%	-2.3%
ROCE %	-	7.3%	8.1%	10.0%	6.5%	5.9%	9.5%	8.7%	5.1%	-7.3%	2.8%	10.2%	-	7.3%	5.8%	-3.0%	0.9%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

3.65%

Institutions

81.35%

Public Float

84.44%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Southeastern Asset Management Inc/TN/	9.46%	1.53M	$22.94M
2	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	7.97%	1.29M	$19.34M
3	Blackrock Inc.	7.57%	1.22M	$18.36M
4	Readystate Asset Management LP	4.85%	781.38K	$11.75M
5	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.22%	680.39K	$10.23M
6	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	3.12%	502.96K	$7.56M
7	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.42%	390.65K	$5.88M
8	State Street Corporation	2.12%	341.31K	$5.13M
9	Invenomic Capital Management, LP	1.89%	304.15K	$4.57M
10	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	1.85%	298.55K	$4.49M

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CLW — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW)?

As of 2026-07-15 16:51 PDT, Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) trades at $15.48 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $12.44 to $30.84.

What is the market capitalisation of CLW?

Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) has a market capitalisation of $249.62M on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of CLW?

CLW trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -4.16. The industry average P/E is 23.08. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 0.35.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of CLW?

CLW has a return on equity (ROE) of -7.26%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 0.89%.

Is CLW a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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Clearwater Paper Corporation CLW R2K

Company Overview

Recent Developments

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth Charts

PROS

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Valuation

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Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

Analyst View

Latest News

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CLW — Frequently Asked Questions

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