The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Clearwater Paper's share price is $39.95.
Clearwater Paper's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $122.35. Hence, Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio for today is 0.33.
Warning Sign:
Clearwater Paper Corp stock PS Ratio (=0.33) is close to 1-year high of 0.36
The historical rank and industry rank for Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CLW'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14 Med: 0.35 Max: 0.79
Current: 0.33
During the past 13 years, Clearwater Paper's highest PS Ratio was 0.79. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.35.
CLW's PS Ratio is ranked better than 74.65% of 288
companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.69
vs CLW: 0.33
Clearwater Paper Corp revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Clearwater Paper was 0.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Clearwater Paper's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 14.30% per year. The lowest was 0.40% per year. And the median was 4.15% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Clearwater Paper PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio
For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Clearwater Paper's PS Ratio falls into.
Clearwater Paper PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Clearwater Paper's Share Price of today is $39.95. Clearwater Paper's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $122.35.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Clearwater Paper PS Ratio Related Terms
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Clearwater Paper (Clearwater Paper) Business Description
Clearwater Paper Corp is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of private label tissue, paperboard, and pulp-based products. The company has two reportable segments namely the consumer products segment which manufactures and sells a complete line of at-home tissue products as well as AFH products. The pulp and paperboard segment manufactures and markets bleached paperboard for the high-end segment of the packaging industry as well as offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting and cutting of paperboard. It generates maximum revenue from Pulp and Paperboard segment. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States.
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