Clarivate Plc (CLVT)
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$2.50
▼(-6.72% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:05/19/26
The score is driven primarily by a mixed but improving financial profile (strong margins and meaningful free cash flow, but continued net losses and sharp TTM revenue decline) and a balanced earnings outlook (reaffirmed guidance with margin/FCF improvement, tempered by modest growth and cash-tax risk). Technicals are a notable drag, with the stock trending below key moving averages and weak momentum indicators.
Positive Factors
Recurring subscription mix
Clarivate’s shift to a predominantly subscription-led model (roughly 88%–90% recurring mix) creates durable, predictable revenue and higher renewal visibility. A high recurring mix supports stable cash flows, stronger customer lifetime value, and less cyclical revenue volatility over months to years.
Negative Factors
Revenue decline & disposals
A pronounced TTM revenue decline, partly from divestitures, shrinks scale and can weaken platform effects and cross-sell opportunities. While disposals improve margins and focus, lower top-line base limits absolute growth potential and raises execution risk to restore sustainable organic revenue expansion.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Recurring subscription mix
Clarivate’s shift to a predominantly subscription-led model (roughly 88%–90% recurring mix) creates durable, predictable revenue and higher renewal visibility. A high recurring mix supports stable cash flows, stronger customer lifetime value, and less cyclical revenue volatility over months to years.
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Clarivate (CLVT) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$1.57B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)4.90M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.07
Revenue Growth-3.25%
EPS Growth78.91%
CountryUS
Employees12,000
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustryInformation Technology Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.21
Shares Outstanding639,216,500
10 Day Avg. Volume4,496,965
30 Day Avg. Volume4,903,935
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.16
Price to Book (P/B)0.46
Price to Sales (P/S)0.92
P/FCF Ratio6.16
Enterprise Value/Market Cap3.62
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.32
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit3.48
Enterprise Value/Ebitda6.45
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$3.46Price Target Upside29.10% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering6
EPS Forecast (FY)0.75
Revenue Forecast (FY)$2.36B
Clarivate Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Clarivate Plc, an information services and analytics company, provides structured information and analytics for discovery, protection, and commercialization of scientific research, innovations, and brands. It offers Web of Science products and ser...
How the Company Makes Money
Clarivate primarily makes money by selling access to its proprietary datasets, analytics, and workflow software through recurring subscriptions (often sold as annual contracts) to institutions and enterprises. A major revenue stream is recurring s...
Clarivate Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 29, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Aug 11, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call presented a mix of constructive operational and financial progress alongside material near-term headwinds. Highlights include margin expansion (adjusted EBITDA margin up ~200 bps to 41%), improved subscription mix (roughly 88%–89%), strengthened renewal discipline (+100 bps), AI-driven product adoption and efficiency gains, debt reduction actions and a reaffirmed full-year guidance with anticipated free cash flow growth to ~$400M. Offsetting these positives are modest organic growth rates (organic ACV 1.6%), Q1 free cash flow down $31M, transactional revenue softness, planned revenue reductions from disposals (~$100–130M), first-half timing pressure in patent renewals, and a potentially large cash tax increase disclosed in the call, which introduces meaningful near-term cash risk and uncertainty. Overall, the improvement trajectory and margin/cash generation outlook are encouraging, but the modest growth rates and several notable risks keep the picture balanced.Positive Updates
Quarterly Revenue
Q1 revenue of $586 million, supported by continued VCP progress and favorable FX; management reaffirmed full-year revenue guidance (midpoint revenue expected ~$2.36 billion after planned disposals).
Negative Updates
Net Loss and Free Cash Flow Decline in Q1
Q1 net loss of $40 million (improved versus prior year), and free cash flow declined by $31 million versus prior year (Q1 FCF approx. $79M, down ~28% YoY), primarily due to higher working capital from incentive compensation payments.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Quarterly Revenue
Q1 revenue of $586 million, supported by continued VCP progress and favorable FX; management reaffirmed full-year revenue guidance (midpoint revenue expected ~$2.36 billion after planned disposals).
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Company Guidance
Clarivate reaffirmed its full-year guidance, forecasting organic ACV growth of 2%–3% (about +0.75 percentage points at the midpoint versus last year) with recurring organic revenue growth near 1.5% at the midpoint and overall organic growth about 1%; revenue is expected to decline to roughly $2.36 billion at the midpoint (about a $100M midpoint decline, with inorganic disposals reducing revenue by roughly $130M), while recurring organic revenue mix should improve to 88%–90%. They expect adjusted EBITDA to expand roughly 200 basis points to nearly a 43% margin at the midpoint and project adjusted diluted EPS of about $0.75 (≈+9% at the midpoint). Free cash flow is guided to roughly $400M (≈+10% or +$35M at the midpoint), with more than $1B of adjusted EBITDA converting to about $400M of FCF, an expected FX translation tailwind of ~$10M to revenue and ~$5M to EBITDA, cash interest improvement of ~ $20M, a working-capital use of ~$20M, a ~$10M paired-contract benefit, and ~$15M lower capex from disposals; the company expects to continue deleveraging (net leverage down from ~4.0x at Q1 to ~2.5x over a few years) and to redeploy FCF toward bond retirements.Clarivate Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
46
Neutral
Balance Sheet
58
Neutral
Cash Flow
63
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 2.45B | 2.46B | 2.56B | 2.63B | 2.66B | 1.88B |
| Gross Profit | 1.63B | 1.62B | 1.69B | 1.72B | 1.71B | 1.25B |
| EBITDA | 878.30M | 828.70M | 456.60M | -10.50M | -3.01B | 532.15M |
| Net Income | -137.40M | -201.10M | -636.70M | -911.20M | -3.96B | -270.50M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 10.93B | 11.07B | 11.49B | 12.71B | 13.94B | 20.18B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 232.30M | 329.20M | 295.20M | 370.70M | 348.80M | 587.61M |
| Total Debt | 4.33B | 4.48B | 4.59B | 4.81B | 5.10B | 5.61B |
| Total Liabilities | 6.14B | 6.23B | 6.35B | 6.71B | 7.13B | 8.26B |
| Stockholders Equity | 4.79B | 4.84B | 5.14B | 5.99B | 6.81B | 11.93B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 597.10M | 365.30M | 357.50M | 501.70M | 306.40M | 205.30M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 592.00M | 628.50M | 646.60M | 744.20M | 509.30M | 323.80M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -258.10M | -263.20M | -236.70M | -237.40M | 57.30M | -4.04B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -448.80M | -343.10M | -470.10M | -496.50M | -759.20M | 4.03B |
Clarivate Technical Analysis
Negative
2.68
Price Trends
2.54
Negative
2.57
Negative
3.19
Negative
Market Momentum
-0.04
Positive
44.22
Neutral
22.32
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CLVT, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 2.68 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 2.61, above the 50-day MA of 2.54, and below the 200-day MA of 3.19, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -0.04 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 44.22 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 22.32 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for CLVT.
Clarivate Risk Analysis
Clarivate disclosed 44 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Clarivate reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Clarivate Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 Outperform | $25.00B | 11.05 | 14.79% | 1.46% | 6.55% | -3.10% | |
72 Outperform | $4.51B | 17.71 | 27.16% | ― | 13.35% | 18.39% | |
71 Outperform | $5.41B | 10.72 | 22.44% | 1.41% | 6.47% | 10.82% | |
65 Neutral | $10.71B | 12.43 | 119.81% | ― | 2.30% | -37.31% | |
63 Neutral | $5.36B | 22.07 | 10.67% | ― | 14.21% | -2.92% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
53 Neutral | $1.57B | -10.08 | -2.81% | ― | -3.25% | 78.91% |
* Technology Sector Average
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Clarivate Corporate Events
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Clarivate shareholders affirm directors, pay and auditors at AGM
Positive
May 18, 2026
Clarivate Plc held its 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 14, 2026, where 559,077,435 of 642,179,542 eligible ordinary shares were represented, constituting a quorum and underscoring strong shareholder participation. Shareholders e...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Clarivate Reports Q1 2026 Results, Reaffirms 2026 Outlook
Positive
Apr 29, 2026
On April 29, 2026, Clarivate reported first‑quarter 2026 results showing total revenue of $585.5 million, down 1.4% year on year due to disposals, but with 0.6% organic growth and a 1.6% rise in organic ACV, as subscription revenues grew 1.7...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Clarivate Updates Executive Severance Plan and Equity Vesting
Neutral
Mar 26, 2026
On March 23, 2026, Clarivate’s board approved an Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan, updating the executive protections originally put in place on June 30, 2021. The plan continues to cover members of the Executive Leadership Team...
Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackFinancial DisclosuresM&A Transactions
Clarivate Advances Subscription Model, Explores Life Sciences Divestiture
Positive
Feb 24, 2026
On February 24, 2026, Clarivate reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results showing lower reported revenue due to divestitures but improving quality of earnings, with organic ACV up 1.8%, recurring organic revenue growing and the mix of rec...
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