What is Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow?

Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported operating cash flow of $500K in Q1 2026.

How has Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?

Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow decreased by 66.7% year-over-year, from $1.5M to $500K.

What is the long-term trend for Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow has grown at a -49.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $96.4M to $12.3M.

What does operating cash flow mean?

Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.

Clearwater Paper CLW Operating Cash Flow

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$360.3M-4.7%

Gross profit-$900.0K-102%

Operating income-$10.4M-160%

Net income-$12.8M-103%

EPS (diluted)-$0.80-111%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$36.5M-17.0%

Total debt$382.1M+30.5%

Total equity$813.8M-2.7%

Total assets$1.6B-3.9%

Cash flow

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CapEx$9.1M-72.2%

Free cash flow-$8.6M+72.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$252.84M-43.6%

Enterprise value$598.44M-20.6%

P/S0.2×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin5.1%-0.2pp

Operating margin-4.2%+0.7pp

Net margin9.1%+8.0pp

FCF margin-11.7%-25.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity19.6%+17.4pp

Debt / equity0.5×+0.1×

Current ratio2.6×+0.9×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Clearwater Paper in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: Clearwater Paper’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow?: Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported operating cash flow of $500K in Q1 2026.
How has Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow decreased by 66.7% year-over-year, from $1.5M to $500K.
What is the long-term trend for Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Clearwater Paper's operating cash flow has grown at a -49.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $96.4M to $12.3M.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.