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

CLFD POWR Grades

• CLFD scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 88.63% of US stocks.
• CLFD's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 169 days.
• CLFD ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 19th percentile.

CLFD Stock Summary

• CLFD's went public 35.5 years ago, making it older than 92.13% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• The price/operating cash flow metric for Clearfield Inc is higher than 93.92% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• The volatility of Clearfield Inc's share price is greater than that of 88.82% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CLFD, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are MMI, BKE, DORM, GRC, and HBCP.
• 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 3 year price growth rate is now at -21.04%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -27.8%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -58.27%.

CLFD's revenue has moved up $59,881,779 over the prior 33 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
2021-09-30	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
2020-06-30	89.72497	8.263473	6.13135

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.