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CLFD

Clearfield Inc. Common Stock

Utilities · ·

$26.66

$7.11 (-21.1%)

Market Cap

$362.15M

Day Range

$25.91 - $28.94

52-Week Range

$23.76 - $52.73

Beta

Next Earnings

CLFD is a stock from the Utilities sectorElectricity, water, and residential gas — steady demand and heavy regulation, considered a defensive, dividend-paying sector.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

-23.5% (1Y)

Investor Score
60/ 100C+
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈75B+Technical
💰37FFundamental
🚀71BGrowth
💎50C-Valuation
📰92A+News
🏦42DQuality
⚠️48D+Risk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 31.8%
  • 🟢 Net income growth: 35.4%
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 5.42
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Net margin: -5.4% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 ATR: 6.1% of price
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): -3.1% (negative)
  • 🔴 Price is below the 50-day average

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🔴 Daily volatility (ATR)🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Clearfield Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 92. Reason: 7 of the last 17 articles are positive, versus 0 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (8 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 50Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSIRSI 52.1 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 89.7 — overbought
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 22.2 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🟢Relative strength vs. S&P 500+8.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (88%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 12.0%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟢CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.17

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

High confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -28.2% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟢 Uptrend

The price is above the 200-day average — per the market-structure method, this environment mainly favors looking for buying (Long) opportunities.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = support minusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$33.77

Stop-Loss

$26.24

Risk per Share

$7.53

Direction

Long

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$48.84

1:3 R

$56.37

1:5 R

$71.44

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

13 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

33.7%

Operating Margin

1.4%

Net Margin

-5.4%

EBITDA Margin

5.5%

Efficiency

ROE

-3.1%

ROA

-2.6%

ROIC

EPS

-$0.58

Balance Sheet

Cash

$21.49M

Total Debt

Current Ratio

5.42

Debt/Equity

Conclusions

  • 🟡Gross marginGross margin: 33.7% — reasonable
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: 1.4% — weak
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -5.4% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -3.1% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -2.6% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 5.42

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 19.6%
  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 31.8%
  • 🟢Net income growthNet income growth: 35.4%

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.

Book Value per Share

$18.31

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$17.31

Conclusions

  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $17.31
  • 🟡P/EP/E: -58.2

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 1 purchases and 8 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Beranek CherylOpen Market Sale1.7.2026492,973-1,778$40.06
HERZOG DANIEL RGrant/Award from Employer30.6.202685,834+752$24.78
Beranek CherylGrant/Award from Employer30.6.2026494,751+210$24.78
Hill John PGrant/Award from Employer30.6.2026192,674+459$24.78
Khemakhem AnisGrant/Award from Employer30.6.202625,284+158$24.78
Khemakhem AnisOpen Market Sale9.6.202625,126-1,684$39.90
Beranek CherylOpen Market Sale1.6.2026494,541-7,500$46.92
Beranek CherylOpen Market Sale27.5.2026502,041-2,500$50.00
Beranek CherylOpen Market Sale11.5.2026504,541-2,500$45.02
Jones Walter Louis JROpen Market Sale11.5.20268,682-2,391$46.05
Beranek CherylOpen Market Sale8.5.2026507,041-5,000$40.27
Khemakhem AnisTax Withholding in Shares6.5.202626,810-635$30.28
SKARVAN KATHLEENGrant/Award from Employer27.2.20262,870+2,544
Wirsbinski Carol AnnGrant/Award from Employer27.2.20269,631+2,544
Jones Walter Louis JRGrant/Award from Employer27.2.202611,073+2,544
Sarcevic AdemirGrant/Award from Employer27.2.20265,317+2,544
Kelly Catherine T.Grant/Award from Employer27.2.20265,317+2,544
Seidel RebeccaGrant/Award from Employer27.2.20262,870+2,544
ROTH RONALD GGrant/Award from Employer27.2.20261,281,808+2,544
Hayward Donald R.Open Market Sale19.2.202610,870-3,595$32.00
HERZOG DANIEL RGrant/Award from Employer31.12.202585,082+88$24.78
Beranek CherylGrant/Award from Employer31.12.2025512,041+210$24.78
Hill John PGrant/Award from Employer31.12.2025192,215+222$24.78
Khemakhem AnisGrant/Award from Employer31.12.202527,445+131$24.78
ROTH RONALD GOpen Market Purchase15.12.20251,279,264+10,000$30.06

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+6.3%

1,482,622 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 1,394,592 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

+5.3%

68.8% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 65.4% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 7 positive, 10 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 17 articles.