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Clearfield (Clearfield) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -8.54% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Clearfield Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Clearfield's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-23.6 Mil. Clearfield's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $277.0 Mil. Therefore, Clearfield's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -8.54%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CLFD' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.13   Med: 11.93   Max: 43.07
Current: -1.13

During the past 13 years, Clearfield's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 43.07%. The lowest was -1.13%. And the median was 11.93%.

CLFD's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
69.94% of 2359 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 5.38 vs CLFD: -1.13

Clearfield Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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.

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Clearfield Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Clearfield Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.38 10.56 24.27 43.07 14.88

Clearfield Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.46 7.06 3.59 -7.14 -8.54

Competitive Comparison of Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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.


Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearfield's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Clearfield Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Clearfield's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Sep. 2023 )  (A: Sep. 2022 )(A: Sep. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Sep. 2023 )  (A: Sep. 2022 )(A: Sep. 2023 )
=32.533/( (134.803+302.543 )/ 2 )
=32.533/218.673
=14.88 %

Clearfield's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-23.644/( (287.498+266.421)/ 2 )
=-23.644/276.9595
=-8.54 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Clearfield  (NAS:CLFD) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

Industry
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Address
7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Executives
Carol Ann Wirsbinski director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog other: Comptroller 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek other: President of Subsidiary 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill officer: Chief Operating Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel director 7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr director 7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey officer: Chief Financial Officer 5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain director 4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127