Clearfield, Inc.

CLFD Technology Communication Equipment

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 13.2%, EPS grew 100.0% and free cash flow fell 6.00%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.

29.47 0.52 −1.73%
Market cap
$407.4M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
76.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
7.41
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.30
Total sells 1.15
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 1 — — 3 2 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 18.04%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 407.38
Revenue 153.66
Net Income (7.22)
Free Cash Flow 8.25
Net Debt (101.22)
Current Ratio 12.53 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 76.50 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 2.61
P/B ratio 1.63
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 135.06% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 339.34% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 1.91%
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 40.77%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 10.80%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 30.59%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 67.42%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 168 129 106 101
Receivables 28 14 18 22
Inventory 98 56 42 33
Other 2 20 21 —
296 230 198 171
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 9 3 7 5
ST’ Debt 2 — — —
Other 6 12 18 —
29 24 37 14

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 9.55% 10.03% (17.86%)
Cash Flow 14.51% 31.88% 127.40%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 17.45% 25.36% 20.18%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 34 34 44 — —
’25 30 41 39 41 150
’24 34 37 49 6 126
’23 86 72 61 7 226
’22 51 53 71 95 271
’21 27 30 39 45 141
’20 19 20 26 27 93
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (1) (1) 10 — —
’25 8 4 10 4 27
’24 11 (6) 4 9 18
’23 1 9 3 11 25
’22 0 (11) 2 12 2
’21 3 4 1 3 11
’20 0 2 0 4 7
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (2) (2) 9 — —
’25 6 3 10 4 23
’24 8 (8) 3 6 10
’23 (1) 6 2 10 17
’22 (2) (14) 0 9 (7)
’21 2 4 1 2 9
’20 (1) 2 0 4 5
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (0.04) (0.04) 0.22 — —
’25 (0.13) 0.09 0.11 (0.65) (0.58)
’24 (0.35) (0.40) (0.03) (0.06) (0.85)
’23 1.00 0.67 0.33 0.17 2.17
’22 0.75 0.66 0.92 1.22 3.55
’21 0.23 0.27 0.44 0.53 1.47
’20 0.04 0.05 0.22 0.22 0.53
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 12.27 11.00 8.41 9.86 8.32 23.60 44.15 22.91 24.78 23.78

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 21.60 21.50 15.30 16.75 28.32 86.71 134.90 100.00 44.83 46.76
People
People Employees 222 230 225 240 230 250 407 400 400 243
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.32 0.35 0.35 0.40 0.56 0.67 0.56 0.31 0.62
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 75 74 78 85 93 141 271 226 126 150
Gross margin, % 43.66 40.93 39.92 38.44 40.74 43.46 41.70 35.38 20.58 33.66
EBT 11 6 6 6 9 26 64 43 (12) 9
EBT margin, % 14.46 7.55 7.12 6.97 9.84 18.28 23.57 18.88 (9.37) 5.77
Net income 8 4 4 5 7 20 49 33 (12) (8)
Depreciation 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 5.63 5.46 5.78 6.33 6.82 10.26 19.67 15.07 8.61 10.73
Earnings 0.60 0.28 0.32 0.34 0.53 1.48 3.58 2.17 (0.85) (0.58)
Cash flow 0.86 0.47 0.34 1.10 0.49 0.79 0.16 1.64 1.22 1.90
Capex (0.12) (0.15) (0.08) (0.19) (0.13) (0.15) (0.66) (0.50) (0.54) (0.27)
Free cash flow 0.74 0.32 0.26 0.91 0.36 0.65 (0.50) 1.15 0.67 1.62
Book value 4.68 4.77 5.13 5.57 6.07 7.57 10.72 21.04 18.91 18.31
Shares, m 13 14 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 14
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 32.41 48.93 41.72 34.11 38.06 29.83 29.23 13.26 0.00 0.00
P/S 3.34 2.51 2.31 1.87 2.96 4.30 5.32 1.91 4.52 3.20
P/B 4.02 2.87 2.60 2.13 3.33 5.83 9.76 1.37 2.06 1.88
EV/Sales 2.89 2.18 2.08 1.60 2.70 4.15 5.33 1.22 3.53 2.53
EV/FCF 22.13 39.01 49.27 11.25 53.47 67.21 (205.07) 16.21 45.85 16.86
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 12 6 5 15 7 11 2 25 18 27
Capex (2) (2) (1) (3) (2) (2) (9) (7) (8) (4)
Free cash flow 10 4 3 12 5 9 (7) 17 10 23
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 44 37 36 36 42 51 108 267 205 162
Total debt — — — — 3 3 26 2 2 —
Net debt (34) (24) (17) (24) (24) (21) 4 (166) (127) (106)
Shareholders’ equity 63 65 69 75 83 104 148 315 276 256
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 12.50 5.49 5.95 5.85 8.23 18.38 27.81 11.13 (3.71) (2.59)
ROIC 23.09 8.29 6.17 6.32 8.95 19.06 26.31 15.75 (8.07) 0.88
ROE 14.07 6.05 6.41 6.35 9.25 21.79 39.27 14.06 (4.21) (3.03)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Clearfield, Inc. vs peers in Communication Equipment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GILT Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. $620.1M 17.0× 44.7× +16.86% (above 0%: growing) −35.29% (below 0%: shrinking) −250.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.37% 3.83% Compare
NTGR NETGEAR, Inc. $606.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −1.16% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −118.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.21% (5.01%) Compare
ADTN ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. $532.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +6.07% (above 0%: growing) n/m −52.65% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.97% (3.58%) Compare
CLFD Clearfield, Inc. $407.4M — (loss-making) 76.5× +13.18% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) −6.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.79% 5.86%
LTRX Lantronix, Inc. $274.2M — (loss-making) 179× +8.03% (above 0%: growing) n/m +89.00% (above 0%: growing) 43.67% (1.26%) Compare
AUDC AudioCodes Ltd. $270.5M 43.1× 26.7× +3.08% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) −15.07% (below 0%: shrinking) 65.70% 5.08% Compare
BKTI BK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $251.4M 17.9× 26.1× +10.63% (above 0%: growing) −18.45% (below 0%: shrinking) −85.95% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.86% 16.35% Compare
SILC Silicom Ltd $250.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +58.51% (above 0%: growing) n/m −29.51% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.11% (8.37%) Compare
AVNW Aviat Networks, Inc. $250.0M 99.7× 9.6× +4.81% (above 0%: growing) n/m −56.30% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.81% 4.82% Compare
Median of peers $272.4M 30.5× 26.7× +7.05% −18.45% −54.47% 38.59% 1.29%

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Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) key facts

  • Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) is a Communication Equipment company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CLFD traded at $29.47, a market capitalization of $407.4 million.
  • Return on equity was −3.03% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 7.41 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) Latest News

7 May

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