earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Clearwater Paper Q3 net loss $53M on $399M sales; $45M goodwill impairment, adjusted EBITDA $18M
Clearwater Paper Corp
2025-Q3 EPS
reported -$3.51
vs consensus -$0.54
▼ miss
(-555.7%)
- Net loss from continuing ops $54M ($3.34 diluted) vs $11M loss in Q3 2024; includes $45M non-cash goodwill impairment.
- Adjusted EBITDA from continuing ops $18M, down from $21M in Q3 2024, hit by $24M Lewiston maintenance outage.
- Sales volumes up 3% to 324k tons; average selling price down 3% to $1,160/ton.
- Fixed cost reduction on track to deliver ~$50M in 2025, above $30-40M target.
- Steve Bowden moves from SVP Operations to SVP Commercial effective January 1, 2026.