Clearwater Paper (CLW) Competitors

International Paper (NYSE:IP) and Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate IP or CLW?

International Paper presently has a consensus price target of $55.32, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Clearwater Paper has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.19%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than International Paper.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International Paper	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Clearwater Paper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IP or CLW?

81.9% of International Paper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of International Paper shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IP or CLW?

International Paper has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, IP or CLW?

International Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
International Paper	$18.62B	1.59	$557M	$1.57	35.89
Clearwater Paper	$1.38B	0.30	$196.30M	$11.73	2.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IP or CLW?

International Paper received 318 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.36% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Paper	Outperform Votes 726 64.36%	Underperform Votes 402 35.64%
Clearwater Paper	Outperform Votes 408 61.72%	Underperform Votes 253 38.28%

Is IP or CLW more profitable?

Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 10.54% compared to International Paper's net margin of 2.99%. International Paper's return on equity of 4.75% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Paper	2.99%	4.75%	1.74%
Clearwater Paper	10.54%	-1.87%	-0.64%

Does the media favor IP or CLW?

In the previous week, International Paper had 27 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for International Paper and 6 mentions for Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat International Paper's score of 0.79 indicating that Clearwater Paper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
International Paper	15 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clearwater Paper	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.