Growth Metrics

Clearwater Paper (CLW) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Clearwater Paper (CLW) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 14 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.04%, compared with a TTM value of 0.04% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.04%, up 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.04% for Q4 2025 at Clearwater Paper, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.23% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.03% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital grew 14bps in 2021, then decreased -23bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 406bps to 0.09% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 0.04% in 2023, then plummeted by -192bps to 0.04% in 2024, then grew by 5bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for CLW at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.