Clearwater Paper price to free cash flow CLW

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 5.5×
10-year median: 6.0×
Against its 10-year history: 42nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 2.0× to 310×
Peer median: 5.2×

Clearwater Paper's price to free cash flow is 5.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 6.0×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.0× in Jun 2021 to 310× in Jul 2017.

The median for 3 packaging stocks of a similar size is 5.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 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
2026 so far	5.5×	5.4×	6.6×
2025	8.5×	8.3×	10.0×
2024	9.4×	2.7×	9.4×
2023	7.4×	4.3×	48.8×
2022	4.6×	4.6×	8.8×
2021	6.6×	2.0×	7.5×
2020	3.0×	2.7×	34.2×
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	292×	27.6×	310×
2016	31.3×	22.3×	33.9×
2015	29.7×	21.1×	67.2×
2014	23.9×	10.5×	51.7×
2013	41.7×	39.9×	41.7×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CLWClearwater Paper	5.5×
MATVMativ	5.2×
SLVMSylvamo	n/m
GPKGraphic Packaging	n/m
Peer median	5.2×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.