What is Clearwater Paper's net margin?

Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported net margin of 9.1% in Q3 2025.

How has Clearwater Paper's net margin changed year-over-year?

Clearwater Paper's net margin increased by 681.1% year-over-year, from 1.2% to 9.1%.

What is the long-term trend for Clearwater Paper's net margin?

Over 2 years (2020 to 2024), Clearwater Paper's net margin has grown at a 85.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.1% to 14.2%.

What does net margin mean?

Net income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). The bottom-line profitability measure after all costs, interest, and taxes.

Clearwater Paper CLW Net margin

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3.2%-4.0pp

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-32.9%-38.8pp

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1.2%-0.8pp

Packaging Corp of AmericaPKG

8%-2.0pp

Sonoco ProductsSON

13.6%+10.9pp

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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Operating cash flow$500.0K-66.7%

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

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

Calculated from Clearwater Paper’s reported figures.

net income/total revenue=9.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Clearwater Paper’s 10-Q, filed October 28, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Clearwater Paper's net margin?: Clearwater Paper (CLW) reported net margin of 9.1% in Q3 2025.
How has Clearwater Paper's net margin changed year-over-year?: Clearwater Paper's net margin increased by 681.1% year-over-year, from 1.2% to 9.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Clearwater Paper's net margin?: Over 2 years (2020 to 2024), Clearwater Paper's net margin has grown at a 85.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.1% to 14.2%.
What does net margin mean?: Net income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). The bottom-line profitability measure after all costs, interest, and taxes.