B. Riley Weighs in on Clarus’ Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:CLAR)

Clarus Co. (NASDAQ:CLAR) – Analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Clarus in a research report issued on Monday, March 10th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen forecasts that the company will earn $0.00 per share for the quarter. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $5.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Clarus’ current full-year earnings is ($0.06) per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Clarus’ Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.03) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS.

Separately, Lake Street Capital cut their price objective on Clarus from $5.50 to $5.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $5.33.

Clarus Price Performance

Clarus stock opened at $4.06 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $4.62 and its 200-day moving average is $4.52. The company has a market cap of $155.75 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.23 and a beta of 0.82. Clarus has a 12 month low of $3.86 and a 12 month high of $7.55.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Clarus

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sandia Investment Management LP grew its stake in shares of Clarus by 102.9% in the fourth quarter. Sandia Investment Management LP now owns 68,943 shares of the company’s stock valued at $311,000 after buying an additional 34,960 shares in the last quarter. CastleKnight Management LP grew its stake in shares of Clarus by 59.3% in the fourth quarter. CastleKnight Management LP now owns 318,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,435,000 after buying an additional 118,413 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Clarus by 14.6% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,093 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,000 after buying an additional 4,211 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Clarus by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 316,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,429,000 after buying an additional 17,602 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Clarus by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,194,640 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,388,000 after buying an additional 134,627 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.30% of the company’s stock.

Clarus Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 17th will be paid a $0.025 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 17th. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.46%. Clarus’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -7.35%.

About Clarus

Clarus Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes outdoor equipment and lifestyle products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through 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, avalanche transceivers, shovels, and probes.