Clearwater Paper Corp · Paperboard Mills

CLW

Low riskNext report: Around Feb 17, 2027 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 12% last year
Buying back shares: share count down 5.9% in 3 years

Watch out for

Losing money

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 11% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (87 bought, 46 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$19.13-0.7% that day

Company value: $309M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 147.2x; You pay about $147 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.20x; Company value is 0.20 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 12%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 89%; Debt as a share of company value

From CLW's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Sep '26

$384.9M-3.5% vs a year earlier

Dec '23Tap a barSep '26

Last 12 months: $1.5B, down 3.2% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 3.6% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CLW. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-3% a yearRecently: -3.2% a yearProfit margin1%Last 12 months: 0.2%P/E at the end40xToday: 147.2x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-2% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.3B

Profit in 5 years$13M

Price these guesses point to$35.46+85% vs $19.13 todayAbout +13% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 1% margin and a 40x P/E, sales could shrink about 14% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Word of mouth

Updated daily

People looking up the company, yesterday: 1.3x normal; 16 views vs about 12 on a usual day

Forum talk counts mentions of CLW in popular online stock forums, a slice of the internet rather than all of it. Company lookups show interest in the company itself, which can come from news that isn't about the stock. Attention isn't quality.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-2.2%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.33x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-1.2%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$76.5M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-5.9% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.6B; +12.4% vs prior year
5-year growth: -3.6%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $273.7M; 0.33x equity
Current ratio: 2.43x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.