Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Hold

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Clearfield, Inc. ?

The company declared very positive results in Mar'25 after flat results in Dec'24

NET PROFIT(HY) Higher at USD 5 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -14% (YoY)
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 10.26 times

With ROE of 3.18%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.59 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -9.13%, its profits have risen by 205.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2

High Institutional Holdings at 83.1%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -9.13% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Clearfield, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Telecom - Equipment & Accessories should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Telecom - Equipment & Accessories)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Clearfield, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Clearfield, Inc.

-9.13%

-0.60

48.02%

S&P 500

14.9%

0.77

19.29%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

8.13%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-18.26%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

21.33

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.38

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.63

Tax Ratio

28.51%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

83.10%

ROCE (avg)

21.29%

ROE (avg)

11.79%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.59

EV to EBIT

71.10

EV to EBITDA

29.85

EV to Capital Employed

1.94

EV to Sales

2.04

PEG Ratio

0.24

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

2.73%

ROE (Latest)

3.18%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bearish

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

13What is working for the Company

NET PROFIT(HY)

Higher at USD 5 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -14% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 10.26 times

-12What is not working for the Company

NET SALES(HY)

At USD 51.93 MM has Grown at -32.09%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD -0.28 MM has Fallen at -110.4%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD -0.28 MM has Fallen at -114.1%

Here's what is working for Clearfield, Inc.

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 10.26 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -14% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation

At USD 1.61 MM has Grown at 354.93%

period on period (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Clearfield, Inc.

Net Sales

At USD 51.93 MM has Grown at -32.09%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD -0.28 MM has Fallen at -110.4%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 2.67 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD -0.28 MM has Fallen at -114.1%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 1.97 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)