CLW vs. GLT, IP, EGO, TFPM, SXT, KWR, IOSP, TROX, OR, and CALM
Should you be buying Clearwater Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Paper include Glatfelter (GLT), International Paper (IP), Eldorado Gold (EGO), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Innospec (IOSP), Tronox (TROX), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Cal-Maine Foods (CALM).
Glatfelter (NYSE:GLT) and Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Clearwater Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Glatfelter. Glatfelter is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clearwater Paper received 181 more outperform votes than Glatfelter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.93% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Glatfelter an outperform vote.
76.9% of Glatfelter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Glatfelter 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Clearwater Paper has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential downside of 20.96%. Given Glatfelter's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than Glatfelter.
Glatfelter has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clearwater Paper had 6 more articles in the media than Glatfelter. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Clearwater Paper and 1 mentions for Glatfelter. Clearwater Paper's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Glatfelter's score of 0.31 indicating that Glatfelter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 4.92% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of -6.88%. Glatfelter's return on equity of 17.35% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.
Summary
Clearwater Paper beats Glatfelter on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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