Clearwater Paper PE ratio CLW

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; losses over the last year
Last meaningful: 32.5×; Feb 2025
10-year median: 10.6×
10-year range: 2.9× to 189×
Peer median: 13.3×

Clearwater Paper has no meaningful PE ratio today: it lost $3.04 a share over the last twelve months, and a PE needs earnings.

It was last meaningful in Feb 2025, at 32.5×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 10.6×, from 2.9× in Mar 2019 to 189× in Oct 2021.

PE ratio over time

median 10.6×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2025	32.5×	31.7×	38.3×
2024	36.2×	5.9×	36.2×
2023	7.3×	7.1×	14.4×
2022	10.5×	10.3×	18.3×
2021	182×	6.0×	189×
2020	11.2×	10.0×	28.1×
2019	2.9×	2.9×	4.5×
2018	3.3×	3.2×	32.6×
2017	29.5×	16.9×	32.0×
2016	22.1×	13.4×	46.3×
2015	49.0×	12.0×	55.0×
2014	13.6×	11.5×	34.3×
2013	27.7×	16.8×	27.7×
2012	16.5×	16.4×	22.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaging & Containers nearest Clearwater Paper's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CLWClearwater Paper	n/m
MATVMativ	7.4×
SLVMSylvamo	17.4×
GPKGraphic Packaging	13.3×
Peer median	13.3×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.