Clearfield (CLFD) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- —
- Estimate
- $0.10
- Surprise
- -100.0%
- Score today
- 5.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
Coverage in the report window
- Clearfield Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-10
- Clearfield, Inc. Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-10
- 12 Information Technology Stocks Moving In Tuesday's After-Market Session — benzinga, 2026-11-10
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CLFD Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
0 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -100.0% surprise compares with a -147.6% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 9.7), Material insider selling (16 sells, 0.13% of cap)
- Momentum score 2.6/10 — below 4.5 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $30.19
- Price target
- $34.21
- Stop
- $28.08
- Upside to target
- +13.3%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.1:1
The stock trades at 55.9× trailing but 33.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-11 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CLFD at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Communication Equipment
- Market cap
- $410.1M
- P/E (fwd)
- 33.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 55.9
- 52-week range
- $23.76–$52.73
- Off 52-week high
- 42.7%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- Volume vs avg
- 1.03×
- Score today
- 5.1/10