Clearwater Paper Corp
CLW NYSE Paperboard Mills Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Clearwater Paper Corp does
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- Legal name
- Clearwater Paper Corp
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 18, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001441236-26-000007
0001441236
Revenue and margins
Clearwater Paper Corp had $1.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 12.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$76.5M in fiscal 2025, β4.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Clearwater Paper Corp returned $17.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 3.6%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Clearwater Paper Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $25.2M | $53.7M | $42.0M | $79.6M | $30.7M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $660M | $591M | $440M | $282M | $282M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.4x | 2.7x | 2.3x | 5.7x | 5.0x |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 1.0x | 0.7x | 0.3x | 0.3x |
| Interest coverage | 0.3x | 8.5x | 6.6x | β2.0x | β2.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 0.8x | 1.4x | 0.9x | 1.1x |
| Total assets | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.6B |
| Total liabilities | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $825M | $763M |
| Shareholders' equity | $512M | $572M | $669M | $855M | $825M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $635M | $537M | $398M | $203M | $251M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.3% | β4.7% | β17.4% | β3.3% | β9.2% | β7.1% | β6.1% | β4.9% | 8.1% | β1.9% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.28 | 2.00 | 0.83 | 1.96 | 2.87 | 2.43 | 3.08 | 3.44 | 3.42 | 4.01 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.6B |
| Gross profit | $241M | $209M | $188M | $165M | $294M | $183M | $213M | $201M | $76.1M | $116M |
| Operating income | $115M | $71.2M | β$97.9M | $45.4M | $158M | $12.0M | $99.3M | $78.1M | β$64.5M | β$42.1M |
| Interest expense | β | β | $39.5M | $49.8M | $44.4M | $35.5M | $11.7M | $11.8M | $32.0M | $17.8M |
| Pretax income | $80.7M | $40.9M | β$134M | β$7.9M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Income tax | $31.1M | β$56.4M | $10.3M | β$2.3M | $21.1M | β$7.7M | $29.2M | $16.9M | β$27.1M | β$7.1M |
| Net income | $49.6M | $97.3M | β$144M | β$5.6M | $77.1M | β$28.1M | $46.0M | $108M | $196M | β$18.6M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.90 | $5.88 | β$8.72 | β$0.34 | $4.61 | β$1.67 | $2.68 | $6.30 | $11.70 | β$1.15 |
| Diluted shares | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $173M | $179M | $169M | $55.6M | $247M | $96.4M | $150M | $191M | $61.4M | $12.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $155M | $200M | $296M | $140M | $39.6M | $38.4M | $33.5M | $73.7M | $117M | $88.8M |
| Free cash flow | $17.4M | β$21.0M | β$127M | β$84.5M | $207M | $58.0M | $117M | $117M | β$55.2M | β$76.5M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $91.1M | $105M | $102M | $116M | $111M | $105M | $103M | $98.6M | $99.8M | $92.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $12.4M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $4.1M | $10.5M | $9.1M | $12.7M | $9.9M | $5.6M | $3.8M |
| Acquisitions | $67.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $65.3M | $4.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $5.0M | $17.9M | $10.0M | $17.2M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $65.3M | $4.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $5.0M | $17.9M | $10.0M | $17.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $23.0M | $15.7M | $22.5M | $20.0M | $35.9M | $25.2M | $53.7M | $42.0M | $79.6M | $30.7M |
| Total debt | $570M | $726M | $937M | $920M | $720M | $641M | $567M | $440M | $273M | $274M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | $23.0M | $22.0M | $20.8M | $19.1M | $24.2M | $0.0M | $9.1M | $8.4M |
| Current assets | $446M | $453M | $444M | $466M | $475M | $487M | $586M | $564M | $545M | $526M |
| Current liabilities | $367M | $419M | $449M | $280M | $245M | $254M | $312M | $286M | $320M | $216M |
| Inventory | $258M | $266M | $266M | $281M | $263M | $278M | $324M | $161M | $258M | $282M |
| Property and equipment, net | $945M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $361M | $1.0B | $1.0B |
| Goodwill | $244M | $244M | $35.1M | $35.1M | $35.1M | β | β | $35.1M | $48.6M | $0.0M |
| Intangible assets | $40.5M | $32.5M | $24.1M | $0.0M | $13.7M | $10.8M | $8.6M | $6.4M | $4.3M | $2.1M |
| Total assets | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.6B |
| Total liabilities | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $825M | $763M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $470M | $575M | $426M | $432M | $521M | $512M | $572M | $669M | $855M | $825M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 12.1% | 10.9% | 9.3% | 15.7% | 10.3% | 17.8% | 17.7% | 5.5% | 7.4% |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 4.1% | β5.7% | 2.6% | 8.5% | 0.7% | 8.3% | 6.9% | β4.7% | β2.7% |
| EBITDA margin | 11.9% | 10.2% | 0.2% | 9.1% | 14.4% | 6.6% | 17.0% | 15.6% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 5.6% | β8.3% | β0.3% | 4.1% | β1.6% | 3.8% | 9.5% | 14.2% | β1.2% |
| FCF margin | 1.0% | β1.2% | β7.4% | β4.8% | 11.1% | 3.3% | 9.8% | 10.3% | β4.0% | β4.9% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 5.5% | β5.8% | 2.7% | 10.4% | 0.8% | 7.2% | 5.8% | β4.9% | β3.1% |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 5.1% | β7.3% | 2.8% | 10.2% | 0.8% | 7.1% | 5.6% | β4.7% | β3.1% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% | 18.6% | β28.7% | β1.3% | 16.2% | β5.4% | 8.5% | 17.4% | 25.8% | β2.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.9% | 5.6% | β8.0% | β0.3% | 4.2% | β1.6% | 2.7% | 6.4% | 11.7% | β1.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 26.8% | 32.6% | β39.2% | β1.4% | 16.3% | β5.6% | 8.2% | 17.2% | 24.5% | β2.3% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β0.3% | β0.4% | 2.2% | 6.1% | β5.1% | β32.6% | β4.9% | 21.8% | 12.4% |
| Net income growth | β | 96.4% | β247.8% | β | β | β136.4% | β | 134.1% | 82.3% | β109.5% |
| EPS growth | β | 102.8% | β248.3% | β | β | β136.2% | β | 135.1% | 85.7% | β109.8% |
| FCF growth | β | β220.7% | β | β | β | β72.0% | 101.2% | 0.3% | β147.2% | β |
| Share count change | β | β3.2% | β0.4% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2.5% | β0.5% | β1.8% | β3.6% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 4.0x | 234.5x | 5.7x | 2.6x | 5.4x | 2.7x | 2.3x | 5.7x | 5.0x |
| Debt / equity | 1.2x | 1.3x | 2.2x | 2.1x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 0.7x | 0.3x | 0.3x |
| Interest coverage | β | β | β2.5x | 0.9x | 3.6x | 0.3x | 8.5x | 6.6x | β2.0x | β2.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.7x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.7x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 1.4x | 0.9x | 1.1x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 9.0% | 11.5% | 17.2% | 8.0% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 6.5% | 8.4% | 5.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Payouts / FCF | 375.4% | β | β | β | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.3% | 15.3% | β | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β7.3% | β4.7% | β17.4% | β3.3% | β9.2% | β7.1% | β6.1% | β4.9% | 8.1% | β1.9% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001441236). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.