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Clearwater Paper Corp. (CLW)

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Clearwater Paper Corp. (CLW) reported revenue of $385 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, down 3.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$2 million, and diluted earnings per share $-0.10. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 26 October 2026.

Revenue$385 milliondown 3.5%
Net income-$2 million
Diluted EPS$-0.10
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026

Clearwater Paper (CLW) in brief

Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported revenue of $1.6 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 12.4% on the year before.
Read moreNet loss was $19 million and the diluted loss per share $1.15. Revenue was $1.4 billion in fiscal 2024, $1.1 billion in fiscal 2023, $1.2 billion in fiscal 2022 and $1.8 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $196 million, $108 million, $46 million and a loss of $28 million. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026, Clearwater Paper reported revenue of $1.5 billion and net income of $2 million. Revenue fell 3.6% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Clearwater Paper had 16 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 September 2026 it carried $567 million of debt and $36 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Clearwater Paper was $214 million, 82.9 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE0.3%
ROCE-1.8%
Operating margin-1.6%
Net margin0.2%
FCF margin3.8%
Interest cover-1.17
Debt to equity0.71
Cash conversion43.79
Share count, last 12 months0.6%
Sales CAGR, 3 years9.2%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM$0.16

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$13.27
Market cap$214 million
Stock P/E82.91
Price to book0.27
EV / EBITDA10.76
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales0.14
52-week high$23.31
52-week low$12.44
Price, 1 year-24.6%
Price CAGR, 3 years-26.8%
Price CAGR, 5 years-20.5%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the borrowing lines of Clearwater Paper Corp.'s balance sheet, added together, finance leases inside them only where the company puts them there; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on CLW

Dividendsno dividend in its filings for fiscal 2009 onward
Filings17 in twelve months: 6 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 2 officer or director change; 1 material agreement; 1 termination of a material agreement; 1 new financial obligation
Planned insider sales2 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $184,972; latest 17 March 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.05 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 13.2% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders134 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Southeastern Asset Management Inc.
Insider trading1 sale and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest631,415 shares short, 5.29 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023 †Q3 FY2023 †Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024 †Q2 FY2024 †Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 †Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue490488526539527297291279269259344393387378392399386360375385
Cost of revenue429422455455491448439228437226346363372342349380369361385364
Gross profit60.866.271.284.035.364.249.950.735.933.3-2.030.114.736.743.018.717.2-0.9-10.421.2
Gross margin12%14%14%16%7%22%17%18%13%13%-1%8%4%10%11%5%4%-0%-3%6%
SG&A30.532.833.932.933.436.039.128.336.828.130.331.626.728.926.124.721.120.621.120.1
Operating income27.732.931.548.90.639.847.320.735.6-0.8-46.9-1.2-15.6-4.09.8-55.47.5-10.4-23.92.5
Operating margin6%7%6%9%0%13%16%7%13%-0%-14%-0%-4%-1%3%-14%2%-3%-6%1%
Interest expense8.68.210.48.07.67.67.63.09.31.79.913.07.43.43.94.56.04.75.05.1
Net income9.516.614.720.6-5.923.829.736.617.617.2-25.85.8199-6.32.7-53.338.3-12.8-21.5-1.6
Net margin2%3%3%4%-1%8%10%13%7%7%-7%1%51%-2%1%-13%10%-4%-6%-0%
Diluted EPS$0.56$0.97$0.86$1.21-$0.34$1.40$1.75$2.17$1.06$1.02-$1.55$0.35$11.91-$0.38$0.17-$3.30$2.39-$0.80-$1.33-$0.10
Operating cash flow32.041.178.513.317.3-9.146.088.265.659.221.116.2-35.11.5-28.234.05.00.569.030.6
Capital expenditure8.57.95.46.713.521.512.814.225.218.518.147.033.032.722.918.314.99.19.614.7
Free cash flow23.533.273.16.63.8-30.633.274.040.440.73.0-30.8-68.1-31.2-51.115.7-9.9-8.659.415.9
Buybacksn/a0.03.91.00.11.78.45.02.80.53.02.54.010.94.22.10.00.00.10.0
Shares outstanding17m17m17m17m17m17m17m17m16m17m17m17m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m16m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-K10-K10-Q10-K10-K10-K10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 17 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue1,2501,3731,9281,8741,8901,9671,7521,7351,7301,7241,7621,8691,7731,1951,1361,3841,5551,506
Cost of revenue1,0521,1741,7031,6081,6711,7091,5131,4961,5211,5381,5971,5741,5909829351,3081,4401,479
Gross profit19819922526621825824023920918616429418321220176.111627.1
Gross margin15.8%14.5%11.7%14.2%11.6%13.1%13.7%13.8%12.1%10.8%9.3%15.7%10.3%17.8%17.7%5.5%7.4%1.8%
Selling, general and administrative71.110011012111913011612812110811312211311011911710182.9
Operating income12798.811514599.379.812411571.2-97.945.415812.099.378.1-64.5-42.1-24.3
Operating margin10.1%7.2%6.0%7.8%5.3%4.1%7.1%6.6%4.1%-5.7%2.6%8.5%0.7%8.3%6.9%-4.7%-2.7%-1.6%
Interest expensen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a39.549.844.435.511.711.832.017.820.8
Pre-tax income27676.270.911238.216.292.580.741.0-133-7.9n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Income tax93.22.431.247.5-68.718.636.531.1-56.410.3-2.321.1-7.729.216.9-27.1-7.1-15.9
Effective tax rate33.8%3.1%44.1%42.5%-179.7%114.3%39.5%38.6%-137.7%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Net income18273.839.764.1107-2.356.049.697.3-144-5.677.1-28.146.0108196-18.62.4
Net margin14.6%5.4%2.1%3.4%5.7%-0.1%3.2%2.9%5.6%-8.3%-0.3%4.1%-1.6%3.8%9.5%14.2%-1.2%0.2%
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-$1.67$2.68$6.30$11.70-$1.15$0.16
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by product or service FY2023 to FY2025

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
Foodservice40554066542.7%
Folding Carton43858057937.2%
Other13610316210.4%
Sheeting and Distribution1581601509.7%
FoodserviceFolding CartonOtherSheeting and Distribution
1,136FY20231,384FY20241,555FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Revenue by region FY2023 to FY2025

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
United States1,0281,2521,41891.2%
Non-US1081311378.8%
United StatesNon-US
1,136FY20231,384FY20241,555FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow22518668.419913613916017317916955.624796.415019161.412.3105
Capital expenditure19.346.113420490.693.012915520029614039.638.433.573.711788.848.3
Free cash flow205140-65.7-5.145.846.130.817.4-21.0-127-84.520758.0117117-55.2-76.556.8
Free cash flow margin16.4%10.2%-3.4%-0.3%2.4%2.3%1.8%1.0%-1.2%-7.4%-4.8%11.1%3.3%9.8%10.3%-4.0%-4.9%3.8%
Cash from investing-196-228-50.1-177-14135.7-78.5-223-199-224-140-39.6-25.1-33.5-73.7168-100-47.8
Cash from financing-28.858.5-29.1-17.515.3-171-10367.113.863.382.0-193-82.0-88.6-129-19139.3228
Depreciation and amortisation47.447.776.979.390.390.184.791.110510211611110510398.699.892.493.6
Share-based compensation5.68.58.19.711.012.84.612.43.63.34.110.59.112.79.95.63.84.6
Buybacksn/a0.011.318.6100100100.065.34.90.00.00.00.05.017.910.017.20.1
Diluted shares, weighted24m24m24m24m22m20m19m17m17m16m17m17m17m17m17m17m16m16m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a16m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019 †FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity364468485541605498475470575426432521512572669855825794
Debtn/a539524524650568569570571693902718639566463273346567
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.065.654.342.735.924.228.331.7n/a
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a21.620.619.117.523.30.08.47.8n/a
Other liabilitiesn/a538563569480513484645656647457488479506516515377415
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,5451,5711,6331,7351,5791,5271,6841,8021,7881,8781,8001,6901,7041,6721,6791,5881,776
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a6547368778858118679451,0511,2691,2581,1921,0821,0173611,0231,002969
Goodwilln/a23023023023020920924424435.135.135.1n/an/a35.148.60.0n/a
Intangible assetsn/a56.449.747.840.825.020.040.532.524.10.013.710.88.66.44.32.1n/a
Investmentsn/a12655.020.070.050.00.20.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Cash and equivalents2.818.98.412.623.727.35.623.015.722.520.035.925.253.742.079.630.735.7
Receivablesn/a15317615415913413914714214615916116718996.1189195163
Inventoryn/a228244231268287256258266266281263278324161258282250
Other assets94578.372.860.659.936.231.326.150.825.412410012711197076.976.7359
Total assets9471,5451,5711,6331,7351,5791,5271,6841,8021,7881,8781,8001,6901,7041,6721,6791,5881,776
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded-1.2%-3.6%9.2%-3.2%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/an/a-98.3%
Return on equity, average4.7%7.9%12.3%-2.3%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Clearwater Paper's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported revenue of $1.6 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 12.4% on the year before.

How much did Clearwater Paper earn in fiscal 2025?

Net loss was $19 million for fiscal 2025, and the diluted loss per share $1.15.

What is Clearwater Paper's P/E ratio?

At the close of 30 October 2026, Clearwater Paper traded at 82.9 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 September 2026.

What is Clearwater Paper's market cap?

The market cap of Clearwater Paper was $214 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

How much debt does Clearwater Paper have?

At 30 September 2026 Clearwater Paper carried $567 million of debt and $36 million of cash.

Peers: Business Supplies

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Avery Dennison Corp. AVY$13.8 billion19.9630.3%n/a5.8%1.582.1%
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN$5.0 billion14.4114.9%n/a2.7%0.663.9%
HNI Corp. HNI$3.5 billion544.720.2%2.0%70.1%0.762.8%
Millerknoll, Inc. MLKN$1.5 billion15.247.2%5.2%1.2%0.963.5%
Sylvamo Corp. SLVM$1.3 billion17.178.0%5.3%-7.1%1.015.6%
Mativ Holdings, Inc. MATV$626 million7.1819.0%3.5%1.1%2.153.5%
Ennis, Inc. EBF$541 million13.9612.4%13.6%2.3%0.004.7%
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$447 millionn/a-71.9%-3.5%-3.3%3.98n/a
Magnera Corp. MAGN$422 millionn/an/an/an/a1.87n/a
Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK$272 millionn/a-6.8%-1.7%8.3%0.79n/a
Clearwater Paper Corp. CLW$214 million82.910.3%-1.6%-3.2%0.71n/a
Virco MFG Corporation VIRC$98 millionn/a-2.3%-2.5%-19.0%0.031.6%
All 14 in Business Supplies
CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB$35.9 billion18.36111.7%n/a0.7%3.724.7%
International Paper Co. IP$22.8 billionn/a-23.8%n/a25.4%0.645.1%
Avery Dennison Corp. AVY$13.8 billion19.9630.3%n/a5.8%1.582.1%
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. REYN$5.0 billion14.4114.9%n/a2.7%0.663.9%
HNI Corp. HNI$3.5 billion544.720.2%2.0%70.1%0.762.8%
Millerknoll, Inc. MLKN$1.5 billion15.247.2%5.2%1.2%0.963.5%
Sylvamo Corp. SLVM$1.3 billion17.178.0%5.3%-7.1%1.015.6%
Mativ Holdings, Inc. MATV$626 million7.1819.0%3.5%1.1%2.153.5%
Ennis, Inc. EBF$541 million13.9612.4%13.6%2.3%0.004.7%
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$447 millionn/a-71.9%-3.5%-3.3%3.98n/a
Magnera Corp. MAGN$422 millionn/an/an/an/a1.87n/a
Ranpak Holdings Corp. PACK$272 millionn/a-6.8%-1.7%8.3%0.79n/a
Clearwater Paper Corp. CLW$214 million82.910.3%-1.6%-3.2%0.71n/a
Virco MFG Corporation VIRC$98 millionn/a-2.3%-2.5%-19.0%0.031.6%
No other company here shares its SEC industry code (Paperboard Mills); these are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Business Supplies, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 September 202626 October 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202628 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202628 April 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202518 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202528 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202529 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202529 April 2025EDGAR
10-K/A31 December 202426 February 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202424 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20244 November 2024EDGAR