Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD): Price and Financial Metrics

CLFD POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where CLFD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.3% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CLFD is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• CLFD's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 11.49% of US stocks).

CLFD Stock Summary

• CLFD's went public 35.67 years ago, making it older than 92.25% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for CLFD is currently 120.15, higher than 96.35% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• For CLFD, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by merely 9.85% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Clearfield Inc are AVD, SMP, TAYD, MMI, and CULP.
• Visit CLFD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.seeclearfield.com.

CLFD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Technology stock, CLFD's price/sales ratio is 3.77% lower, now standing at 5.1.
• Over the past 243 months, CLFD's price/sales ratio has gone down 32.5.
• CLFD's price/sales ratio has moved down 32.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CLFD.

CLFD Growth Metrics

Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -27.8%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 188.69%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 28.52%.

CLFD's revenue has moved up $81,645,162 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows CLFD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	164.7723	8.15218	27.55294
2021-09-30	140.7554	10.90284	20.32738
2021-06-30	122.8374	12.3327	15.95078
2021-03-31	110.0721	11.0591	12.84723
2020-12-31	100.7887	9.472263	9.955347
2020-09-30	93.07451	6.655773	7.293066

CLFD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CLFD has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 76.89% of graded US stocks.
• CLFD's asset turnover comes in at 1.2 -- ranking 31st of 208 Electronic Equipment stocks.
• SMTC, KVHI, and NXPI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CLFD.

The table below shows CLFD's key quality metrics over time.