NYSE:CLWClearwater Paper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Clearwater Paper's stock was trading at $22.57 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CLW shares have increased by 31.0% and is now trading at $29.57. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Clearwater Paper in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Clearwater Paper.

Clearwater Paper is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Clearwater Paper.

Clearwater Paper Corp (NYSE:CLW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.58. The basic materials company had revenue of $477.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $447 million. Clearwater Paper had a net margin of 0.05% and a return on equity of 1.59%. View Clearwater Paper's earnings history.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Clearwater Paper's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect Clearwater Paper's share price to reach $36.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Clearwater Paper.

Press coverage about CLW stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Clearwater Paper earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutClearwater Paper.

Clearwater Paper saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 598,900 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the April 15th total of 516,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 224,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Clearwater Paper's Current Options Chain.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.28%), State Street Corp (3.28%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.57%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.89%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (1.89%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.42%). Company insiders that own Clearwater Paper stock include Fraser Glenn, Harrison David and Linda K Massman. View institutional ownership trends for Clearwater Paper.

CLW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Principal Financial Group Inc., and UBS Group AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Clearwater Paper.

CLW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Precept Management LLC, State Street Corp, 361 Capital LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Atom Investors LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd, and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Clearwater Paper stock in the last two years include Harrison David, and Linda K Massman. View insider buying and selling activity for Clearwater Paper.

Shares of CLW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CLW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.57.

Clearwater Paper has a market capitalization of $489.97 million and generates $1.76 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-5,600,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.23 on an earnings per share basis. Clearwater Paper employs 3,290 workers across the globe.

The official website for Clearwater Paper is www.clearwaterpaper.com.

Clearwater Paper's mailing address is 601 WEST RIVERSIDE SUITE 1100, SPOKANE WA, 99201. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 509-344-5900.