Growth Metrics

Clearwater Paper (CLW) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Clearwater Paper (CLW) has disclosed FCF Margin for 15 consecutive years, with 18.63% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 2450.0% year-over-year to 18.63%, compared with a TTM value of 4.92% through Dec 2025, down 808.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 4.92%, down 749.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 18.63% for Q4 2025 at Clearwater Paper, down from 19.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 37.68% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 18.63% in Q4 2025.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 4.57%, with a median of 3.23% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin skyrocketed 4371bps in 2023, then plummeted -3436bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 4.82% in 2021, then plummeted by -225bps to 6.03% in 2022, then surged by 725bps to 37.68% in 2023, then crashed by -84bps to 5.86% in 2024, then crashed by -418bps to 18.63% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CLW at 18.63% in Q4 2025, 19.5% in Q3 2025, and 13.04% in Q2 2025.