Clearwater Paper Corporation

CLW Basic Materials Paper & Paper Products

Clearwater Paper Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 12.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−3.53%
EPS
+97.0%
Free cash flow
+1.27%
Total debt
+68.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

13.33 0.56 −4.03%
Market cap
$224.2M
P/E
82.9×
Fwd P/E
−4.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.11
Beneish M
−2.92
Dividend safety
n/a
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P/E ratio
23.11 7.80 0.00 0.00 8.14 0.00 13.45 5.68 2.54 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
6 6 2 5 8 3 6 7 6 6
P/S ratio
0.65 0.44 0.23 0.20 0.33 0.35 0.30 0.38 0.36 0.18
Altman Z-Score
2.34 1.96 1.34 1.64 2.21 1.99 1.90 1.97 1.96 2.11
P/FCF ratio
65.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.02 10.60 5.36 5.20 0.00 0.00
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.28 2.00 0.83 1.96 2.87 2.43 3.08 3.44 3.42 4.01
Beneish M-Score
(2.80) (2.59) (3.70) (1.97) (3.13) (2.51) (2.79) (0.72) (1.04) (2.92)
P/Operating CF
33.41 28.68 8.41 4.92 8.82 19.21 35.96 9.27 (14.18) 56.27
P/B ratio
2.41 1.32 0.94 0.82 1.20 1.20 1.09 0.91 0.58 0.34
EV/Sales
1.05 0.85 0.69 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.55 0.63 0.51 0.38
EV/EBITDA
8.81 8.35 6.00 7.45 4.72 10.26 5.19 4.73 14.90 5.94
EV/FCF
104.19 (70.02) (9.42) (14.61) 6.31 21.19 9.75 8.61 (12.69) (7.80)
Current Ratio
1.22 1.08 0.99 1.66 1.94 1.92 1.88 1.97 1.70 2.43
Net Debt/EBITDA
3.31 4.03 3.98 5.32 2.46 5.13 2.50 2.20 4.31 3.14
Debt/Equity
1.50 1.26 1.91 2.09 1.38 1.25 0.99 0.66 0.33 0.42
ROE
10.49% 18.62% (28.71%) (1.30%) 16.18% (5.44%) 8.49% 17.36% 25.77% (2.21%)
ROA
3.09% 5.58% (8.01%) (0.31%) 4.19% (1.61%) 2.71% 6.38% 11.72% (1.14%)
ROIC
6.23% 3.46% (5.02%) 2.16% 8.22% 0.67% 5.72% 4.57% (3.82%) (2.31%)
Return on Tangible Assets
4.83% 8.97% (11.38%) (0.39%) 5.42% (2.14%) 3.56% 16.86% 15.73% (1.42%)
Average Days of Receivables
32.99 34.24 32.13 33.03 31.37 34.47 57.67 30.88 49.78 45.83
Earnings Yield
4.33% 12.81% (35.78%) (1.59%) 12.29% (4.58%) 7.43% 17.60% 39.44% (6.44%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
1.54% (2.76%) (31.56%) (23.93%) 33.16% 9.43% 18.65% 19.22% (11.09%) (27.19%)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.02 (1.28) (7.69) (5.11) 12.52 3.46 6.87 6.94 (3.29) (4.73)
Book value per Share
27.64 34.95 25.86 26.13 31.45 30.52 33.68 39.66 50.93 51.04
Free Cash Flow
17.40 (21.00) (126.80) (84.50) 207.40 58.00 116.70 117.00 (55.20) (76.50)
EV/EBIT
15.80 20.65 0.00 27.18 8.27 102.40 9.98 9.16 0.00 0.00
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026