William Blair Predicts Clarivate FY2026 Earnings

Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT) – William Blair issued their FY2026 EPS estimates for Clarivate in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, February 20th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas expects that the company will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the year. William Blair has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Clarivate’s current full-year earnings is $0.63 per share.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Clarivate from $5.00 to $4.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $6.00 price target on shares of Clarivate in a report on Thursday, February 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Clarivate currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.10.

Clarivate Stock Performance

Shares of CLVT opened at $4.58 on Monday. Clarivate has a 1 year low of $4.22 and a 1 year high of $9.02. The company has a market cap of $3.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.77 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.87. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $5.10 and a 200-day moving average of $5.79.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Clarivate

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in shares of Clarivate by 53.6% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 27,776,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $141,107,000 after acquiring an additional 9,691,104 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Clarivate during the fourth quarter valued at $27,764,000. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Clarivate by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 70,733,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $359,328,000 after acquiring an additional 5,319,535 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Clarivate during the fourth quarter valued at $19,172,000. Finally, Atairos Partners GP Inc. bought a new position in shares of Clarivate during the fourth quarter valued at $17,602,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.72% of the company’s stock.

Clarivate declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, December 16th that allows the company to repurchase $500.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 12.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

About Clarivate

Clarivate Plc operates as an information services provider in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three segments: Academia & Government, Life Sciences & Healthcare, and Intellectual Property. The company offers Web of Science and InCites, that analyzes and explores the academic research landscape and manages research information; ProQuest One and Ebook Central that provides comprehensive content collections to institutions in a cost-effective manner; and Alma and Polaris, that manages academic resources and services, connect users, and support research publications.