Clearfield (CLFD) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Clearfield (CLFD) reported Free Cash Flow of -$2.1 million for Q1 2026, down 167.71% year-over-year from $3.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 13.88% quarter-over-quarter from -$2.4 million in Q4 2025.

Clearfield (CLFD) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Clearfield (CLFD) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$2.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$2.1 million, down 167.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.9 million (down 57.11% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $21.8 million, up 122.89% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow improved to -$2.1 million in Q1 2026 per CLFD's latest filing, from -$2.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $10.2 million in Q3 2023 and troughed at -$14.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $2.3 million and a median of $3.1 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow sank 481.49% in 2022, then surged 2164.79% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$1.1 million in 2022, then surged by 855.68% to $8.4 million in 2023, then decreased by 25.04% to $6.3 million in 2024, then slumped by 138.61% to -$2.4 million in 2025, then rose by 13.88% to -$2.1 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CLFD's Free Cash Flow at -$2.1 million in Q1 2026, -$2.4 million in Q4 2025, and $8.9 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.34 Bn
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 153.76 Mn
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 389.00 Mn
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 609.00 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 79.10 Mn
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 155.35 Mn
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -309.66 Mn
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -143.58 Mn
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 163.00 Mn
10 Clearfield 551.39 Mn 460.33 Mn 11.16 Mn -2.09 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -2.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 8.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 8.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 3.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 3.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.09 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 6.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 6.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 6.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 6.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -7.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -7.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 8.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 8.39 Mn