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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
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-34% -5% 23% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
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 MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.6B -$19M 7.4% -2.7% -2.3% -1.2% -$77M $274M $31M
2024 $1.4B $196M 5.5% -4.7% 23.0% 11.7% -$55M $273M $80M
2023 $1.1B $108M 17.7% 6.9% 16.1% 6.4% $117M $440M $42M
2022 $1.2B $46M 17.8% 8.3% 8.0% 2.7% $117M $566M $54M
2021 — -$28M — — -5.5% -1.7% $58M $639M $25M
2020 — $77M — — 14.8% 4.3% $207M $718M $36M
2019 — -$6M — — -1.3% -0.3% -$85M $902M $20M
2018 — -$144M — — -33.7% -8.0% -$127M $693M $23M
2017 — $97M — — 16.9% 5.4% -$21M $571M $16M
2016 — $50M — — 10.5% 2.9% $17M $570M $23M
2015 — $56M — — 11.8% 3.7% $31M $569M $6M
2014 — -$2M — — -0.5% -0.1% $46M $568M $27M
2013 — $107M — — 17.7% 6.2% $46M $650M $24M
2012 — $64M — — 11.9% 3.9% -$5M $524M $13M
2011 — $40M — — 8.2% 2.5% -$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 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.4 0.8 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '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.

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?

Clearwater Paper Corp's P/E (TTM) is 93.42 as of the 2026-11-05 close — market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year, the same figure as on the CLW stock page. The valuation chart above sets each month-end's price against the latest annual net income instead, so its latest point (about 1.5× as of Nov '26) can differ.

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), split-adjusted; price return — dividends not reinvested · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing.