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Clearwater Paper (FRA:5WC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.74 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is Clearwater Paper Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-22), Clearwater Paper's current share price is €25.00. Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €33.83. Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.74.

The historical rank and industry rank for Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:5WC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53   Med: 1.07   Max: 3.07
Current: 0.76

During the past years, Clearwater Paper's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.07. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 1.07.

FRA:5WC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
51.64% of 213 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.73 vs FRA:5WC: 0.76

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Clearwater Paper's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €47.599. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €33.83 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Clearwater Paper Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB 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.

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Clearwater Paper Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Clearwater Paper Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.31 1.17 1.12 1.01 0.80

Clearwater Paper Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 1.20 1.32 0.77 0.80 0.66

Competitive Comparison of Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Clearwater Paper Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=25.00/33.83
=0.74

* 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.

Clearwater Paper's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Clearwater Paper's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=47.599/134.9266*134.9266
=47.599

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Clearwater Paper Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 22.785 100.684 30.534
201509 22.890 100.392 30.764
201512 24.472 99.792 33.088
201603 24.554 100.470 32.975
201606 25.291 101.688 33.558
201609 25.095 101.861 33.241
201612 27.018 101.863 35.788
201703 26.950 102.862 35.351
201706 26.191 103.349 34.193
201709 24.832 104.136 32.174
201712 29.562 104.011 38.349
201803 28.611 105.290 36.664
201806 30.711 106.317 38.975
201809 32.702 106.507 41.428
201812 22.740 105.998 28.946
201903 23.163 107.251 29.140
201906 23.277 108.070 29.062
201909 23.375 108.329 29.114
201912 23.541 108.420 29.296
202003 24.295 108.902 30.101
202006 25.229 108.767 31.297
202009 25.421 109.815 31.234
202012 25.846 109.897 31.733
202103 27.001 111.754 32.600
202106 24.274 114.631 28.572
202109 25.041 115.734 29.194
202112 27.130 117.630 31.119
202203 28.626 121.301 31.842
202206 30.727 125.017 33.163
202209 34.303 125.227 36.960
202212 32.214 125.222 34.711
202303 32.610 127.348 34.551
202306 33.952 128.729 35.587
202309 36.687 129.860 38.119
202312 37.197 129.419 38.780
202403 37.829 131.776 38.733
202406 36.765 132.554 37.423
202409 36.092 133.029 36.607
202412 49.623 133.157 50.282
202503 47.599 134.927 47.599

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Clearwater Paper  (FRA:5WC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Clearwater Paper Business Description

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Address
601 West Riverside, Suite 1100, Spokane, WA, USA, 99201
Clearwater Paper Corp is engaged in the manufacturing and supplier of Solid Bleached Sulfate (SBS) paperboard packaging products. The company products includes: SBS paperboard which is a premium paperboard grade that is frequently used to produce folding cartons, food service, commercial printing items. It generates maximum revenue from Pulp and Paperboard segment. Company operate in United States and have globalized access too. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States.

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