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Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Clearfield, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Clearfield, Inc.

Clearfield, Inc. designs and manufactures fiber optic management and connectivity products. The company provides solutions that help broadband service providers, contractors, and enterprises deploy and manage fiber optic networks. Its products include fiber optic panels, cabinets, and related hardware used in network infrastructure.

Snapshot

Revenue
$150.1M
Revenue growth (YoY)
19.6%
Net income
$-8.1M
Diluted EPS
$-0.58
Gross margin
33.7%
Operating margin
1.4%
Net margin
-5.4%
FCF margin
14.5%
ROE
-3.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$405.9M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Clearfield

  • Revenue grew 19.6% to $150M in FY2025, after a 44.4% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 1.4% in FY2025, -16.5 pp against 17.9% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $44M, up 13.2% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $22M in FY2025, 14.5% of revenue.
  • Net loss narrowed to $8M in FY2025, from $12M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Clearfield’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin33.7%
31st percentile of 105
Operating margin1.4%
47th percentile of 185
Net margin-5.4%
35th percentile of 191
FCF margin14.5%
77th percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.6%
79th percentile of 209
ROE-3.1%
41st percentile of 165
Short interest4.79d
67th percentile of 216

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 2 insider sales totaling $138,419. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$21.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$9.1M227.7KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$5.7M142.4KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$5.2M131.9KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$1.8M45.8KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
2
$138K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-01
filed 2026-07-06
Beranek CherylChief Executive OfficerSell1.8K$40.06$71K
2026-06-09
filed 2026-06-11
Khemakhem AnisChief Commercial OfficerSell1.7K$39.90$67K
2026-06-01
filed 2026-06-03
Beranek CherylChief Executive OfficerSell7.5K$46.92$352K
2026-05-27
filed 2026-05-28
Beranek CherylChief Executive OfficerSell2.5K$50.00$125K
2026-05-11
filed 2026-05-12
Beranek CherylChief Executive OfficerSell2.5K$45.02$113K
2026-05-11
filed 2026-05-12
Jones Walter Louis JRDirectorSell2.4K$46.05$110K
2026-05-08
filed 2026-05-12
Beranek CherylChief Executive OfficerSell5.0K$40.27$201K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+1.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.79
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
273.1K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.3M+1.1%4.79
2026-07-311.3M-12.7%6.39
2026-07-151.5M+6.3%8.59
2026-06-301.4M-2.8%6.42
2026-06-151.4M-17.1%4.86
2026-05-291.7M-4.7%3.69
2026-05-151.8M-6.7%3.97
2026-04-301.9M+19.4%11.69

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$150.1M$125.6M$225.7M$270.9M$140.8M
Gross profit$50.5M$25.8M$79.9M$112.9M$61.2M
Operating income$2.1M$-19.2M$37.6M$63.8M$25.2M
Net income$-8.1M$-12.5M$32.5M$49.4M$20.3M
Diluted EPS$-0.58$-0.85$2.17$3.55$1.47

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$21.5M$14.1M$37.8M$16.6M$13.2M
Current assets$198.5M$229.6M$296.3M$160.1M$71.5M
Total assets$306.2M$315.3M$355.5M$229.1M$125.9M
Current liabilities$36.6M$24.4M$29.0M$51.7M$20.5M
Long-term debt$2.2M$0$18.7M$0
Total liabilities$50.0M$39.5M$40.4M$81.5M$22.1M
Total equity$256.2M$275.8M$315.2M$147.6M$103.8M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$26.6M$17.8M$24.6M$2.3M$10.9M
Capital expenditure$4.7M$8.0M$7.4M$9.1M$2.0M
Free cash flow$21.8M$9.8M$17.2M$-6.9M$8.9M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$43.9M13.2%$3.0M$0.22
Q2 FY2026$34.4M-15.3%$-528,000$-0.04
Q1 FY2026$34.3M15.6%$-614,000$-0.04
Q4 FY2025$41.1M628.7%$-9.1M$-0.66
Q3 FY2025$38.8M-20.6%$1.6M$0.11
Q2 FY2025$40.6M10.1%$1.3M$0.09
Q1 FY2025$29.7M-13.2%$-1.9M$-0.13
Q4 FY2024$5.6M-15.7%$-827,000$-0.06

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2007
SEC CIK796505

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-07
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10-Q2026-02-09
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-05-06
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8-K2026-04-30
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.