---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001504337-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLW"
cik: "0001441236"
company_name: "Clearwater Paper Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:12:06.191343+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearwater Paper Q4 net loss from continuing ops $74M; total net income boosted by tissue sale gain

## Summary
- Net loss from continuing ops $74M ($4.41 diluted loss) vs net income $49M in 2023; total net income $196M includes $307M gain on tissue sale.
- Net sales from continuing ops $1.4B up 22% YoY on Augusta acquisition; paperboard prices down 12% to $1,210/ton for full year.
- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA from total ops $21M vs $63M last year; full year $182M vs $281M on lower pricing and higher maintenance.
- Plans to cut >10% of positions, targeting $30-40M cost savings in 2025.
- Completed sale of tissue business for $1.06B on Nov 1, 2024; reduced net debt by $199M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001504337-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLW
- cik: 0001441236
- company_name: Clearwater Paper Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000150433725000003/0001504337-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000150433725000003/clw-20250213.htm

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