CLW vs SUZ vs SON Stock Comparison

Clearwater Paper, Suzano and Sonoco Products Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CLW Clearwater Paper Corp
$19.20 -5.8% 1M -3.7% 1Y
Market cap
$212.00M
P/E
88.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.51B
Div. yield
–
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
SUZ Suzano S.A.
$8.81 +1.4% 1M -3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$10.96B
P/E
7.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.04B
Div. yield
–
Pulp and Paper Basic Materials
9 wins
SON Sonoco Products Co
$49.29 -1.5% 1M +22.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.89B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.37B
Div. yield
–
Paper Packaging Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Suzano leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Suzano 9, Sonoco Products 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLWSUZSONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $212.00M $10.96B $4.89B SUZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 88.3x 7.1x -21.5x SUZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 6.2x 9.7x SUZ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.2% +0.7% +3.6% SON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.2% 17.2% — SUZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.3% 7.1% — SUZ
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 7.6x 3.1x — SUZ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.7% -3.4% +22.1% SON
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.3%/yr +0.2%/yr -3.2%/yr SUZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.7% 29.9% 33.7% SUZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 57/100 44/100 SUZ

Percentile Scorecard

CLWSUZSON

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCLWSUZSON
Valuation 100 #1 of 16 90 #30 of 287 67 #6 of 16
Growth 40 #10 of 16 17 #223 of 267 20 #13 of 16
Profitability 36 #10 of 15 76 #59 of 239 43 #9 of 15
Financial Health 57 #7 of 15 30 #204 of 292 29 #11 of 15
Shareholder Returns 31 #10 of 14 71 #60 of 204 62 #6 of 14
Overall 53 57 44
  • CLW ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SUZ ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • SON ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCLWSUZSONSPY
1 month -5.8%+1.4%-1.5% -0.8%
3 months +11.0%+7.0%-16.0% +3.5%
6 months +31.3%-3.2%-1.9% +7.0%
Year to date +10.3%-5.7%+12.9% +12.2%
1 year -3.7%-3.4%+22.1% +13.0%
3 years -44.4%-15.1%-2.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -17.8%-5.3%-0.9% +23.1%
5 years -53.8%+0.8%-15.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -14.3%+0.2%-3.2% +11.0%
10 years -63.9%+149.6%-1.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year -9.7%+9.6%-0.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCLWSUZSONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.7%29.9%33.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.6%27.9%36.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.920.640.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.07-0.110.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.8%-41.1%-41.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.6%-23.1%-18.6% -1.8%
52-week high $23.30$11.46$60.55 $779.14
52-week low $12.44$7.67$39.27 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCLWSUZSON
P/E now vs peer median 129.1xmedian 19.3x 7.0xmedian 17.8x -21.6xmedian 19.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 1.8x 0.7xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 9.7x 5.8xmedian 9.9x —median 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 15.7x 12.5xmedian 16.0x 13.9xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 1.8x 1.7xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median -1.87median 0.82 -0.19median 0.79 0.62median 0.82

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCLWSUZSON
Revenue $1.51B $9.04B $7.37B
Gross profit $27.10M $2.58B $1.49B
Operating income -$24.30M $1.91B $202.22M
Net income $2.40M $1.56B -$226.60M
Free cash flow $56.80M $888.28M –
EPS (diluted) $0.15 $1.25 $-2.28
Cash & equivalents $35.70M $3.21B $183.10M
Total debt $567.40M $17.89B –
Shares (diluted) 16.13M 1.24B 99.78M
Enterprise value $13.70M -$7.37B $4.89B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCLWSUZSON
P/E 129.1x 7.0x -21.6x
P/FCF 5.5x 12.5x 13.9x
P/Operating cash flow 2.9x 3.5x 7.7x
P/S 0.2x 1.2x 0.7x
P/B 0.4x 1.2x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 1.2x 14.6x
EV/EBITDA 12.1x 5.8x –
EV/EBIT -34.6x 12.6x –
EV/Revenue 0.6x 2.7x 0.7x
EV/FCF 14.8x 27.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 8.0x 7.6x 7.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.87 -0.19 0.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLWSUZSON
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.2% 0.7% 3.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 43.6% -1.5% 18.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -76.0% -23.8% -1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.2% -17.1% 13.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.7% -20.3% -63.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.2% -30.5% -30.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -98.3% 11.8% -136.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -69.5% -29.7% -35.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -98.3% 14.2% -136.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -69.0% -36.5% -35.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 478.1% -11.0% -6.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% -13.2% -7.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 142.2% -70.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.9% -47.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLWSUZSON
Gross margin 1.8% 28.6% –
EBITDA margin 4.6% 46.0% –
Operating margin -1.6% 21.1% –
Pretax margin -3.2% 25.9% –
Net margin 0.2% 17.2% –
FCF margin 3.8% 9.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 7.0% 34.8% 8.6%
Return on equity 0.3% 16.6% -7.1%
Return on assets 0.1% 4.8% -2.1%
Return on invested capital -1.3% 7.1% –
Return on capital employed -2.1% 6.4% –
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.3x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 43.8x 2.0x -2.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLWSUZSON
Debt / assets 31.9% 54.2% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 7.6x 3.1x –
Debt / FCF 10.0x 20.1x –
Liabilities / assets 55.3% 70.9% 72.2%
Equity / assets 44.7% 29.1% 27.8%
Interest coverage – 1.4x –
Current ratio 1.5x 3.4x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x 2.3x –
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.9x –
Altman Z-score 1.81 1.03 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLWSUZSON
Dividend yield – 2.4% 4.3%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.4% 4.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCLWSUZSON
Forward P/E – 6.2xFY2026 9.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.74FY2026 $1.43FY2026 $5.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -31.6%FY2026 -10.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -29.4% +17.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.55BFY2026 $10.39BFY2026 $7.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.5%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +11.4% -5.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLWSUZSON
Held by institutions 88.7% 5.9% 97.9%
Institutions holding 134 136 507
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.9% +0.6% +13.2%
Institutions buying 85 77 264
Institutions selling 33 46 160
Buyers to sellers 2.58 1.67 1.65

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CLWSUZSON
CLW 1.00 0.15 0.24
SUZ 0.15 1.00 0.11
SON 0.24 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLW, SUZ and SON?

Suzano (SUZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Clearwater Paper (CLW) $212.00M, Suzano (SUZ) $10.96B, Sonoco Products (SON) $4.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLW, SUZ and SON?

Suzano (SUZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Clearwater Paper (CLW) 88.3x, Suzano (SUZ) 7.1x, Sonoco Products (SON) -21.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Suzano (SUZ) is cheapest (Suzano (SUZ) 6.2x, Sonoco Products (SON) 9.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sonoco Products (SON) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Clearwater Paper (CLW) -3.2%, Suzano (SUZ) +0.7%, Sonoco Products (SON) +3.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Suzano (SUZ) has the highest net margin (Clearwater Paper (CLW) 0.2%, Suzano (SUZ) 17.2%). On return on invested capital, Suzano (SUZ) leads (Clearwater Paper (CLW) -1.3%, Suzano (SUZ) 7.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sonoco Products (SON) returned the most: Clearwater Paper (CLW) -3.7%, Suzano (SUZ) -3.4%, Sonoco Products (SON) +22.1%. Over five years, Suzano (SUZ) compounded fastest (Clearwater Paper (CLW) -14.3%/yr, Suzano (SUZ) +0.2%/yr, Sonoco Products (SON) -3.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Suzano (SUZ) has been the steadiest (Clearwater Paper (CLW) 52.7%, Suzano (SUZ) 29.9%, Sonoco Products (SON) 33.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLW, SUZ and SON?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Suzano (SUZ) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.