
A steady micro-cap cyclical trading at a premium valuation. Frameworks sharply disagree on it.
Mkt Cap
$102.64M
P/E
—
PEG
3.40
P/B
0.53
Dividend
3.48%
ROE
-21.1%
About the business
Clarus Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and distribution of outdoor equipment and lifestyle products in the United States, Australia, China, Austria, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Outdoor and Adventure. The Outdoor segment offers apparels, such as shells, insulation, midlayers, pants, and logowear; rock-climbing footwear and equipment, including carabiners, protection devices, harnesses, belay devices, helmets, and ice-climbing gears; technical backpacks and day packs; trekking poles; headlamps and lanterns; gloves and mittens; and skis, ski poles, ski skins, avalanche airbag systems and transceivers, shovels, and probes. This segment provides its products for climbing, mountaineering, trail running, backpacking, skiing, and other outdoor recreation activities under the Black Diamond Equipment and PIEPS brands. The Adventure segment offers engineered automotive roof racks, trays, mounting systems, luggage boxes, carriers, recovery boards, bicycle racks, and accessories under the Rhino-Rack brand name; and overlanding and off-road vehicle recovery and extraction tracks for the overland and the off-road market under the MAXTRAX brand, as well as distributes and retails overlanding and off-road vehicle under the TRED brand name. The company markets and distributes its products through independent specialty stores and specialty chains, sporting goods and outdoor recreation stores, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers; and independent distributors, as well as through its websites. The company was formerly known as Black Diamond, Inc. and changed its name to Clarus Corporation in August 2017. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Who would buy CLAR?
Consensus 40/100 · Polarized · Investors strongly disagree — this is where Prism is most useful.
Endorses
· 3 frameworksP/B < 1.0 (below book) 0.53× clears "< 1.00×".
Net Cash Positive (NCAV proxy) $0.48 clears "> $0.00".
Down > 30% from 52-wk high -33.7% clears "< -30.0%".
Prism sees a mix of buys, sells, and option activity over the last 6 months. The pattern is neither a clear positive nor a clear negative.
In Prism's context
Insider activity is inconclusive here. The stock's case should lean on the framework verdict (Weak match, score 40/100) and the archetype read (Cyclical).
| Insider | Role | Type | Date | Shares | Avg price | Value | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YATES MICHAEL J | Chief Financial Officer | Transaction | Mar 11, 2026 | 25,000 | — | — | Direct |
Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 7.1% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: +0 sh
Price history
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What this means: A notable drawdown — worth re-reading the framework verdicts below with the cheaper price in mind.
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Sign in to run this simulationCLAR: 52% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 2 of 6 signal families mixed (medium confidence). Strongest support: D/E 0.06. Main risk to monitor: ROE -21% (weak).
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P/B 0.53× · FCF yield 0.3%
10% below fair value
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.
No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. -6% operating margin and 3% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.
Sector: Consumer Cyclical. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | CLAR | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 17.5× | — | 14.0× |
| P/B | 0.53× | 2.40× | — | 2.00× |
| Dividend yield | 3.48% | 2.40% | — | 2.40% |
| ROE | -21.1% |
Actual EPS came in at $0.02, but no consensus estimate was available for comparison. The print should be judged against the company's own historicals.
Without consensus, judge the print against the company's own trailing trend. Look for sequential acceleration / deceleration in revenue and margin.
Next earnings
Thu, Jul 30 · consensus EPS $0.00 · last actual $0.02
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
3.40
P/B Ratio
0.53
EPS Growth
N/A
Revenue Growth
2.5%
Debt / Equity
0.06
Net Cash / Share
$0.48
Return on Equity
-21.1%
Gross Margin
33.8%
Operating Margin
-6.2%
FCF / Share
$0.01
Current Ratio
4.39
Rejects
· 3 frameworksROE > 20% is -21.1% — fails "> 20.0%".
ROE > 20% is -21.1% — fails "> 20.0%".
Within 15% of 52-wk high is -33.7% — fails "> -15.0%".
Roughly fairly valued; valuation is a neutral input.
Returns are sub-cost-of-capital; quality bar not met.
Capital structure is conservative and well-covered.
Price has been weak — momentum is a headwind.
Insiders and / or superinvestors are accumulating — informed-money tailwind.
Mixed catalyst picture.
Among 99 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 52% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of +1.0% / yr.
ROE -21% · Op margin -6%
D/E 0.06 · CR 4.39
3 insiders buying
2 tracked holders · peak 18.5%
3.48% yield
6% through 52w range
EPS — · Rev 3%
Already-thin margins compress further on input-cost or pricing pressure; revenue softens; the market questions whether the current earnings power is structural or one-off. Multi-year drawdown plausible.
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Institutional Own.
70.3%
Insider Own.
7.1%
Dividend Yield
3.48%
Book Value / Share
$5.04
Superinvestor ownership
Held by 2 tracked superinvestors · peak weight 6.8%
Weights reflect each investor's latest 13F or factsheet snapshot. Data lags real time by 45+ days.