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Clearwater Paper (CLW) Competitors

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$19.05 +0.33 (+1.76%)
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CLW vs. NP, IP, RYAM, MERC, MGIH, SW, SUZ, SLVM, TGB, and SCL

Should you be buying Clearwater Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Paper include Neptune Insurance (NP), International Paper (IP), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Mercer International (MERC), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Smurfit Westrock (SW), Suzano (SUZ), Sylvamo (SLVM), Taseko Mines (TGB), and Stepan (SCL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Clearwater Paper vs. Its Competitors

Neptune Insurance (NYSE:NP) and Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Neptune Insurance's net margin of -2.53%. Neptune Insurance's return on equity of 11.06% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Neptune Insurance-2.53% 11.06% 3.26%
Clearwater Paper 12.98%-4.11%-1.76%

In the previous week, Neptune Insurance and Neptune Insurance both had 2 articles in the media. Neptune Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.30 indicating that Neptune Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Neptune Insurance
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clearwater Paper
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Clearwater Paper has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.98%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than Neptune Insurance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Neptune Insurance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Clearwater Paper
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Clearwater Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Neptune Insurance. Neptune Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Neptune Insurance$136.74M28.66-$24.90M-$1.64-17.31
Clearwater Paper$1.38B0.22$196.30M$12.051.58

93.4% of Neptune Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Neptune Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Neptune Insurance has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clearwater Paper beats Neptune Insurance on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CLW vs. The Competition

MetricClearwater PaperPAPER &REL PRDS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$301.47M$8.37B$3.71B$21.48B
Dividend YieldN/A5.02%5.07%3.67%
P/E Ratio1.5811.54157.2029.66
Price / Sales0.221.1627,021.6286.18
Price / Cash4.8910.0724.3217.79
Price / Book0.372.997.274.63
Net Income$196.30M$63.25M$148.99M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.85%-1.33%3.20%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-11.06%-8.00%14.91%0.55%
1 Year Performance-32.21%-18.62%66.31%13.03%

Clearwater Paper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLW
Clearwater Paper
4.4933 of 5 stars
$19.05
+1.8%
$32.00
+68.0%
-31.4%$301.47M$1.38B1.582,200
NP
Neptune Insurance
0.4583 of 5 stars
$29.85
-1.8%
N/A-11.3%$0.00$136.74M-18.2060Analyst Upgrade
IP
International Paper
4.3968 of 5 stars
$45.90
-2.7%
$55.47
+20.8%
-5.3%$24.90B$18.62B-459.0037,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
RYAM
Rayonier Advanced Materials
2.8065 of 5 stars
$7.72
+0.9%
$6.00
-22.3%
-18.0%$512.56M$1.63B-1.162,350
MERC
Mercer International
3.738 of 5 stars
$2.90
+2.8%
$4.25
+46.6%
-64.8%$188.89M$2.04B-1.783,320
MGIH
Millennium Group International
0.4047 of 5 stars
$2.26
-3.8%
N/A+27.9%$0.00$38.53M0.00792Positive News
Gap Up
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.4258 of 5 stars
$40.33
-3.9%
$57.20
+41.8%
-8.9%$21.92B$21.11B61.11100,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SUZ
Suzano
2.3764 of 5 stars
$9.35
-1.8%
N/A-8.2%$12.61B$8.79B8.2723,980
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.438 of 5 stars
$43.39
-3.1%
$71.00
+63.6%
-49.0%$1.81B$3.77B8.306,500Positive News
TGB
Taseko Mines
1.8197 of 5 stars
$4.11
-1.2%
$5.00
+21.7%
+85.3%$1.30B$578.65M-137.00696Gap Up
SCL
Stepan
3.6636 of 5 stars
$48.70
-0.9%
N/A-36.6%$1.11B$2.18B19.172,396

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