Clearwater Paper (CLW)

$19.35 -2.37% on the day Market cap $312M 52-week range $11.73 to $23.59 Prices as of Oct 8, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Clearwater Paper's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CLW's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation9
Profitability1
Growth0
Financial health6
Cash efficiency0

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Clearwater Paper's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.8B$1.2B$1.1B$1.4B$1.6B
Net income-$28M$46M$108M$196M-$19M
Free cash flow$58M$117M$117M-$55M-$76M
EPS (diluted)-$1.67$2.68$6.30$11.70-$1.15
Operating margin0.68%8.3%6.9%-4.7%-2.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2023. Every breakdown, year by year.

Pulp And Paperboard$1.1B51%
Consumer Products$1.0B49%

Superinvestors who own CLW

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Mason Hawkins
Southeastern Asset Management
Added $24M1.3%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $7M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Clearwater Paper's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of CLW in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Clearwater Paper insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of CLW in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Clearwater Paper?

2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CLW in their latest 13F, including Mason Hawkins, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 8, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.