Clearfield
CLFD
About: Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a various products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has international presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.
Employees: 400
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Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
1,342% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.2M | Put options by funds: $291K
45% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $249M [Q1] → $361M (+$112M) [Q2]
5% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 21 | Existing positions closed: 20
0.86% more ownership
Funds ownership: 59.3% [Q1] → 60.16% (+0.86%) [Q2]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 127 [Q1] → 126 (-1) [Q2]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 40 | Existing positions reduced: 46
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