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CLW Financials Clearwater Paper Corp

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 9.2% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($274M) exceeds cash ($31M); net debt is $243M.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-17.5% vs 9.2% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -2.4× in the latest year, down from 3.6× 5 years ago.
  • Total debt is 5.4× EBITDA.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$144M $706M $2B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-5% 7% 18% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$127M $40M $207M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $451M $902M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$224M $12M $247M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.6B -$19M 7.4% -2.7% -$77M $274M $31M
2024 $1.4B $196M 5.5% -4.7% -$55M $273M $80M
2023 $1.1B $108M 17.7% 6.9% $117M $440M $42M
2022 $1.2B $46M 17.8% 8.3% $117M $566M $54M
2021 -$28M $58M $639M $25M
2020 $77M $207M $718M $36M
2019 -$6M -$85M $902M $20M
2018 -$144M -$127M $693M $23M
2017 $97M -$21M $571M $16M
2016 $50M $17M $570M $23M
2015 $56M $31M $569M $6M
2014 -$2M $46M $568M $27M
2013 $107M $46M $650M $24M
2012 $64M -$5M $524M $13M
2011 $40M -$66M $524M $8M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CLW against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 6.7 13.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.4 0.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CLW growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Clearwater Paper Corp's revenue has grown 9.2% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CLW have?

As of FY2025, Clearwater Paper Corp reported $274M of total debt against $31M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -2.4×.

What is CLW's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 7.4%, operating margin -2.7%, and net margin -1.2%.

What is CLW's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Clearwater Paper Corp traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 1.5× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.