Clearwater Paper - CLW Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Clearwater Paper in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" CLW shares.
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2 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Clearwater Paper's stock. Their CLW share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $48.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% from the stock's current price.
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Clearwater Paper's stock was trading at $37.81 at the start of the year. Since then, CLW shares have increased by 4.1% and is now trading at $39.36.
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Clearwater Paper saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 283,700 shares, a decline of 11.0% from the December 31st total of 318,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 102,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 14th 2023.
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Clearwater Paper will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 14th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Clearwater Paper Co. (NYSE:CLW) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.25. The basic materials company earned $450.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $424 million. Clearwater Paper had a net margin of 3.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.16%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.59 earnings per share.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.48%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.99%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.97%), Comerica Bank (0.36%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.31%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Kari G Moyes, Michael John Murphy, Michael S Gadd 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 $39.36.

Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) has a market capitalization of $659.67 million and generates $1.77 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-28,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 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.