Clarus (CLAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Clarus Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes outdoor equipment and lifestyle products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Outdoor and Adventure. The Outdoor segment offers apparels, such as shells, insulation, midlayers, pants, and logowear; rock-climbing footwear and equipment, including carabiners, protection devices, harnesses, belay devices, helmets, and ice-climbing gears; technical backpacks and day packs; trekking poles; headlamps and lanterns; gloves and mittens; and skis, ski poles, ski skins, avalanche airbag systems, avalanche transceivers, shovels, and probes. This segment offers its products for climbing, mountaineering, trail running, backpacking, skiing, and other outdoor recreation activities under the Black Diamond Equipment and PIEPS brands. The Adventure segment offers engineered automotive roof racks, trays, mounting systems, luggage boxes, carriers, recovery boards, and accessories under the Rhino-Rack brand; and overlanding and off-road vehicle recovery and extraction tracks for the overland and the off-road market under the MAXTRAX brand, as well as sells and retails overlanding and off-road vehicle under the TRED brand. It markets and distributes its products through independent specialty stores and specialty chains, sporting goods and outdoor recreation stores, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers; and independent distributors, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Black Diamond, Inc. and changed its name to Clarus Corporation in August 2017. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.37 to $3.50
• 50-Day Range: $3.26 to $4.91
• 52-Week Range: $3.18 to $7.55
• Volume: 231,521 shs
• Average Volume: 237,420 shs
• Market Capitalization: $129.66 million
• P/E Ratio: 26.00
• Dividend Yield: 2.96%
• Price Target: $5.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Clarus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Clarus scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 96th out of 276 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Clarus has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Clarus has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Clarus are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.06) to $0.15 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Clarus is 26.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Clarus is 26.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 16.19.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Clarus has a P/B Ratio of 0.44. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.04% of the float of Clarus has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Clarus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 11.4, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Clarus has recently increased by 1.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Clarus pays a meaningful dividend of 3.01%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Clarus does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Clarus will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.67% next year. This indicates that Clarus will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.50

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.04% of the float of Clarus has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Clarus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 11.4, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Clarus has recently increased by 1.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

Clarus has a news sentiment score of 0.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Clarus this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CLAR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Clarus insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

20.40% of the stock of Clarus is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.30% of the stock of Clarus is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CLAR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CLAR shares performed this year?

Clarus' stock was trading at $4.51 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CLAR stock has decreased by 25.1% and is now trading at $3.38.
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How were Clarus' earnings last quarter?

Clarus Co. (NASDAQ:CLAR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The company reported ($0.06) EPS for the quarter. The company earned $56.48 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $59.28 million. Clarus had a net margin of 1.80% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.17%.
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How do I buy shares of Clarus?

Shares of CLAR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Clarus own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Clarus investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/01/2024
• Record date for 3/26 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/26 Dividend: 3/17/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/26/2025
• Today: 4/25/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/01/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Sporting & athletic goods, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Recreation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CLAR
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:BDE
• CIK: 913277
• Web: www.claruscorp.com
• Phone: (801) 278-5552
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 900
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $5.75
• High Stock Price Target: $7.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +69.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($1.36)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.11
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-10,150,000.00
• Net Margins: 1.80%
• Pretax Margin: -10.15%
• Return on Equity: -2.17%
• Return on Assets: -1.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 5.32
• Quick Ratio: 2.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $264.32 million
• Price / Sales: 0.49
• Cash Flow: $0.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.64
• Book Value: $7.66 per share
• Price / Book: 0.44

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 38,362,000
• Free Float: 30,536,000
• Market Cap: $129.86 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85