Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) is a Paper, Lumber & Forest Products company in the Basic Materials sector, currently trading at $15.54. It has a SharesGrow Score of 53/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is CLW = $20 (+25.5% upside).
Valuation: CLW trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -11.6 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.18.
Financials: revenue is $1.6B, -7%/yr average growth. Net income is $20M (loss), growing at +35.4%/yr. Net profit margin is -1.3% (negative). Gross margin is 7.4% (-4.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $422M against $825M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.51, moderate). Current ratio is 2.43 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 26.6%. Total assets: $1.6B.
Analyst outlook: 6 / 10 analysts rate CLW as buy (60%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 92/100 (Pass), Growth 58/100 (Partial), Past 75/100 (Partial), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 18/100 (Fail), Future 67/100 (Pass), Income 10/100 (Fail).
