Clearwater Paper Falls 8% After Earnings Miss

Why Clearwater Paper Stock Fell 8% Today

Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) fell 8% to $17.83 in after-hours trading after its adjusted loss missed analyst expectations and quarterly sales came in below estimates. Adjusted loss, which excludes items the company treats as unusual, was $0.23 per diluted share, counting potential shares, versus analysts’ expected loss of $0.16 and the year-earlier loss of $0.51. Sales were $384.9 million, below the $388.4 million estimate and the year-earlier $399 million.

What Clearwater Paper Corporation Does

Clearwater Paper supplies paperboard packaging products to North American converters, businesses that turn paperboard into packaging. Its sales depend on demand for the material and the prices it can charge.

Clearwater Paper Augusta Mill Disruptions

Operational problems at the Augusta mill continued into October, although the company said it was making progress returning the mill to normal. That leaves near-term production uncertain until the mill runs more reliably.

Clearwater Paper After-Hours Volume

about 190,000 shares traded today, a bit above the usual pace for this point in the session.

Quick Financial Overview

Clearwater Paper is a micro-cap, meaning a small company by market value, with real sales but recent losses. Its market value is $287.6M, and its latest available balance sheet showed $95.4M in cash and cash equivalents, meaning cash the company can spend, as of June 30, 2026.

Clearwater Paper Net Loss

The company’s net loss under standard accounting rules was $2 million, compared with $53 million a year earlier. Much of the earlier loss came from a goodwill impairment, an accounting charge that lowers the recorded value of an acquired business.

Clearwater Paper Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a company-adjusted measure of operating performance that leaves out interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, plus specified adjustments. Depreciation and amortization spread the cost of equipment and other assets over time. It rose to $24 million from $18 million a year earlier, while average selling price improved by $34 per ton from the prior quarter.

Clearwater Paper One-Month Return -5.51%

Clearwater Paper has fallen 5.51% over the past month, from around the $20 level. The pullback since then shows the stock had already lost ground before the latest report, so the earnings reaction adds to a recent decline rather than starting one.

Conclusion

Clearwater Paper’s next quarterly report will show whether the Augusta mill has returned to normal and whether recent pricing gains can support results. Its release date is not provided, so holders have no confirmed date yet for that next check.