Manufactures bleached paperboards for packaging and printing applications. Produces consumer tissue products, including bath tissues, paper towels, and napkins. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.2× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 79% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 4% below today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
angles, checked one by one.
The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Profit per Sale: The profit kept from each sale is thin.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 64% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
The company sells $1.6B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
A loss of $18.6M against $1.6B in annual sales.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, CLW sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: CLW’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.