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How Clearwater Paper Corporation stacks up
CLW · against 242 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
10/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #190 of 243 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score30 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including CLW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 10?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 92% of peers. Return on invested capital: -6.1% vs peer median 6.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 89% of peers. Operating margin: -5.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 88% of peers. Return on assets: -3.1% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CLW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CLW | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 221 reported | -6.1% | 2.8% | 17% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 235 reported | -5.4% | 3.4% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 242 reported | -3.1% | 0.7% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 236 reported | -10.4% | 1.4% | 23% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 260 reported | 1.0% | 16.2% | 17% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CLWScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score