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Clearwater Paper (CLW) Competitors

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$19.93 -0.03 (-0.17%)
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CLW vs. IP, NP, RYAM, MERC, MGIH, SW, SUZ, SLVM, VNTR, and VNTRQ

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

Clearwater Paper vs. Its Competitors

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

Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Clearwater Paper currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.59%. International Paper has a consensus target price of $53.85, indicating a potential upside of 10.22%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than International Paper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clearwater Paper
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
International Paper
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of International Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of International Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, International Paper had 16 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for International Paper and 1 mentions for Clearwater Paper. International Paper's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.00 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clearwater Paper
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
International Paper
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

International Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Paper. International Paper 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
Clearwater Paper$1.38B0.23$196.30M$12.051.65
International Paper$18.62B1.39$557M-$0.10-488.60

Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 12.98% compared to International Paper's net margin of -0.12%. International Paper's return on equity of 2.63% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clearwater Paper12.98% -4.11% -1.76%
International Paper -0.12%2.63%1.09%

Summary

International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$321.44M$8.01B$3.71B$22.02B
Dividend YieldN/A5.03%5.06%3.57%
P/E Ratio1.65100.9220.8330.29
Price / Sales0.231.0921,784.5061.78
Price / Cash5.2110.2926.4324.54
Price / Book0.392.987.054.66
Net Income$196.30M$58.52M$148.62M$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.21%4.09%-1.50%2.22%
1 Month Performance-5.23%-4.37%5.86%1.17%
1 Year Performance-27.62%-15.05%53.22%13.47%

Clearwater Paper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLW
Clearwater Paper
4.1043 of 5 stars
$19.93
-0.2%
$32.00
+60.6%
-27.4%$321.44M$1.38B1.652,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IP
International Paper
4.339 of 5 stars
$45.65
-0.1%
$53.46
+17.1%
+0.3%$24.12B$18.62B-456.5037,000Upcoming Earnings
NP
Neptune Insurance
0.4399 of 5 stars
$28.39
+7.2%
N/A-20.8%$3.92B$136.74M-17.3160
RYAM
Rayonier Advanced Materials
2.2412 of 5 stars
$7.34
+1.5%
$6.00
-18.3%
+0.2%$484.42M$1.63B-1.102,350Gap Up
MERC
Mercer International
3.7857 of 5 stars
$2.60
-0.8%
$4.25
+63.5%
-58.9%$175.49M$2.04B-1.603,320
MGIH
Millennium Group International
0.397 of 5 stars
$2.29
+4.6%
N/A+8.2%$0.00$38.53M0.00792
SW
Smurfit Westrock
4.3884 of 5 stars
$41.56
+2.7%
$57.90
+39.3%
-7.8%$21.12B$21.11B62.97100,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SUZ
Suzano
1.2925 of 5 stars
$8.88
+0.8%
N/A-10.6%$11.67B$8.79B7.8623,980Analyst Forecast
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.6865 of 5 stars
$42.68
+3.6%
$71.00
+66.4%
-48.5%$1.66B$3.55B8.166,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VNTR
Venator Materials
N/A$10.23
flat
N/AN/A$1.09B$2.17B-5.883,685News Coverage
VNTRQ
Venator Materials
N/A$10.23
flat
N/AN/A$1.09B$2.17B-3.123,400News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:CLW) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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