Clearwater Paper (CLW) Competitors

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

Is IP or CLW more profitable?

International Paper has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of 0.74%. International Paper's return on equity of 6.49% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Paper	2.25%	6.49%	2.37%
Clearwater Paper	0.74%	4.35%	1.40%

Do analysts prefer IP or CLW?

International Paper presently has a consensus price target of $51.54, suggesting a potential downside of 5.34%. Clearwater Paper has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.27%. 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Clearwater Paper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IP or CLW?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, IP or CLW?

International Paper has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IP or CLW?

In the previous week, International Paper had 5 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for International Paper and 8 mentions for Clearwater Paper. International Paper's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.56 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
International Paper	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clearwater Paper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and 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	$18.64B	1.01	$288M	$1.17	46.54
Clearwater Paper	$2.21B	0.23	$107.80M	$0.86	35.19

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IP or CLW?

International Paper received 313 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.23% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Paper	Outperform Votes 720 64.23%	Underperform Votes 401 35.77%
Clearwater Paper	Outperform Votes 407 61.76%	Underperform Votes 252 38.24%

Summary

International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.