Growth Metrics

Clearwater Paper (CLW) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Clearwater Paper (CLW) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 15 consecutive years, with -$72.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 417.18% year-over-year to -$72.0 million, compared with a TTM value of -$76.5 million through Dec 2025, down 274.66%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$76.5 million, down 314.89% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$72.0 million for Q4 2025 at Clearwater Paper, down from $77.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $101.2 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$72.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $16.9 million, with a median of $22.1 million recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow soared 1791.67% in 2021, then tumbled 1803.33% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $23.6 million in 2021, then dropped by 8.47% to $21.6 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 368.52% to $101.2 million in 2023, then plummeted by 77.57% to $22.7 million in 2024, then crashed by 417.18% to -$72.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CLW at -$72.0 million in Q4 2025, $77.8 million in Q3 2025, and -$51.1 million in Q2 2025.