Clearwater Paper (CLW) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Clearwater Paper in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CLW shares.
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2 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Clearwater Paper's stock. Their CLW share price forecasts range from $42.00 to $52.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $47.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.5% from the stock's current price.
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Clearwater Paper's stock was trading at $37.81 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CLW stock has decreased by 13.4% and is now trading at $32.76.
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Clearwater Paper saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 192,500 shares, a drop of 11.0% from the April 15th total of 216,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 140,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 1st 2023.
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Clearwater Paper Co. (NYSE:CLW) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 14th. The basic materials company reported ($0.30) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.09) by $0.21. The basic materials company had revenue of $526.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $518 million. Clearwater Paper had a net margin of 2.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.27%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 EPS.

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5 employees have rated Clearwater Paper Chief Executive Officer Arsen Kitch on Glassdoor.com. Arsen Kitch has an approval rating of 42% among the company's employees. This puts Arsen Kitch in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Clearwater Paper trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CLW."

Clearwater Paper's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.73%), State Street Corp (3.79%), Medina Value Partners LLC (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.83%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.71%). Insiders that own company stock include Kari G Moyes, Michael John Murphy, Michael S Gadd, Rebecca Anne Barckley and Steve M Bowden.
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Shares of CLW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CLW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.76.

Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) has a market capitalization of $554.30 million and generates $2.08 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $46.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

Clearwater Paper's mailing address is 601 WEST RIVERSIDE SUITE 1100, SPOKANE WA, 99201. The official website for the company is www.clearwaterpaper.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (509) 344-5900 or via email at investorinfo@clearwaterpaper.com.