Clearfield/$CLFD
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About Clearfield
Clearfield Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management, and fiber delivery solutions to enable rapid and cost-effective fiber-fed deployment throughout the broadband service provider space prominently across North America. Its 'fiber to anywhere' platform serves the requirements of Community Broadband customers, Multiple System Operators, Large Regional Service Providers, National Carriers, and International customers (including Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean Markets). Its product offerings include Accessories, Cassettes, Cable & Drop Assemblies, Frames & Panels, Microducts, Optical Components, etc. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the United States.
- Ticker
- $CLFD
- Sector
- Communication
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 243
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, United States
- Website
- www.seeclearfield.com
Clearfield Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$396M
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-$0.53
2.11
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Price and volume
Market cap
$396M
Beta
2.11
52-week high
$52.73
52-week low
$23.76
Average daily volume
136K
Financial strength
Current ratio
12.533
Quick ratio
9.041
Long term debt to equity
0.031
Total debt to equity
0.042
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
5.733
Gross margin (TTM)
33.01%
Net profit margin (TTM)
-4.70%
Operating margin (TTM)
-0.24%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
28.04%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$630,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
-0.08%
Return on equity (TTM)
1.56%
Valuation
Price to revenue (TTM)
2.607
Price to book
1.61
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.7
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
25.149
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.98%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.159
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
33.95%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-3,785.44%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-21.20%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.18%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-45.18%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
0.70%
What the Analysts think about Clearfield
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Clearfield has secured a roughly $22 million hyperscale data-centre order, with shipments expected to start in early fiscal 2027. This is its first significant win in that market and could open a new source of growth beyond broadband. (Clearfield)
Clearfield’s new NOVA Velocity Panel is designed for high-density AI data centres and aims to speed fibre installation. A broader product range could help it pursue more data-centre work than the initial hyperscale order alone. (Clearfield)
Third-quarter continuing-operations sales rose 13% year on year to $43.9 million, while diluted earnings per share increased to $0.22 from $0.16. That shows year-on-year growth despite the challenging broadband market, although it does not remove the weaker outlook. (Clearfield)
Clearfield cut its fiscal 2026 sales outlook to $151–155 million from $160–170 million and now expects only $0.14–$0.21 in earnings per share. Its fourth-quarter forecast of breakeven to $0.07 per share points to weak near-term profitability. (Clearfield)
Backlog fell 34% sequentially to $21.0 million, including the removal of a $4.6 million order that Clearfield no longer expects to fulfil. The cancellation also drove a $2.6 million inventory charge, while gross margin fell to 31.8% from 35.3% a year earlier. (Clearfield, SEC)
Delays to federal BEAD approvals and funding are holding back customer plans, while limited fibre availability is extending project timelines. These constraints are affecting both funded and commercial broadband deployments, leaving Clearfield exposed to uncertain order timing. (Stock Analysis, Lightwave Online)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 17 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Clearfield
Fund name | Fund size | $CLFD weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.01% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.01% |
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