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CLARIVATE PLC

CLVT · Technology · $1.3B mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Shallow moat ·

Price verdict withheld — value if growth stopped today unreliable

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The five investor questions

59

2021–2025 (latest 5 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $1.9B to $2.5B, increasing; diluted EPS -0.61 to -0.30, increasing. Latest-filed diluted EPS remains usable for Business Trend, but an integer share-count change lacks enough evidence to confirm a comparable EPS basis; valuation growth therefore stays at 0%.

100

Median gross margin 65.5% over 7y, very stable.

0

Median ROIC -5.6%, above the 12% hurdle in 0% of years.

40

Net debt/EBITDA 4.9x, no material interest expense disclosed.

44

Owner earnings changed trend unclear over up to the ten most recent annual observations, share count n/a.

Price vs. value if growth stopped today

A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.

Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today
No price data
Not reported
Unavailable — insufficient owner-earnings data
Unavailable — insufficient growth-model data
$2.04
No price data

This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. CLVT revenue fell in each of the three most recent year-over-year FY comparisons, so this estimate is flagged as unreliable for this company.

Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 239% above the zero-growth estimate across 48 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.

Score records captured Jul 26, 2026.

Exactly which 50 companies?

FTNT, META, MEDP, IBEX, MSFT, GOOGL, LULU, ANF, IDXX, TXRH, FHI, QLYS, FFIV, ADBE, LLY, MANH, VEEV, GRMN, SSD, MNST, DOCS, MCO, CPRT, NTAP, LRCX, NVDA, CORT, SFM, MPTI, ULTA, SN, RMD, ROL, PAYC, IRMD, INTU, DECK, MORN, LGCY, DAL, GWW, ISRG, MPWR, CTAS, LOPE, MRK, CMG, FAST, BKNG, ORLY

Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF, BKNG.

Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 0% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.

10 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

CLARIVATE PLC booked $2.5B of revenue in FY2025 in the Technology sector and kept 66.0% of it as gross profit — a high-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −8.2% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $918M (FY2017) to $2.5B (FY2025) — about 13.1% a year compounded over 8 years.

It earned 0.6% on invested capital in the latest filed year, FY2025. Across the full 9-year measurable filed record, median ROIC was −5.6%. Over the v3 recent window (9 measurable filed years), median ROIC was −5.6%. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 0/100.

The balance sheet carried $4.4B of total debt in FY2025 against $293M of owner earnings — roughly 15.1 years of owner earnings to retire it all. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 40/100.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the five filters (100/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (0/100), which is how CLVT lands at 49/100 — a Shallow moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2016–FY2025 · 10 fiscal years, normalized from CLVT’s SEC filings

Sales, as filed$2.5B FY2025
$0$1B$2B2016201920222025
Revenue kept after cost of goods66.0% FY2025
0%25%50%2016201920222025
Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICROIC 0.6% FY2025
−20%0%2016201920222025
Cash an owner could take out$293M FY2025
−$2B$02016201920222025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in CLVT’s filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

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How CLARIVATE PLC makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$2.5B · 100%Cost of revenue$834M · 34%Gross profit$1.6B · 66%Operating income$71.5M · 3%Income before tax−$194M · −8%Income tax$7.2M · 0%Net income−$201M · −8%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$2.5B100%
Cost of revenue$834M34%
$1.6B66%
$71.5M3%
Income before tax−$194M−8%
Income tax$7.2M0%
−$201M−8%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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What CLARIVATE PLC owns — and owes

CLARIVATE PLC's filing tags don't support a full breakdown — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of assetsSource
Total assets$11.1B100%
Cash and equivalents$329M3%
$4.4B40%
Stockholders’ equity$4.8B44%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What drives CLARIVATE PLC’s return on equity?

ROE is five filed business factors multiplied together.

DuPont return on equity factor treeReturn on equity branches into tax burden, interest burden, operating margin, asset turnover, and the equity multiplier.Return on equity−4%Tax burden104%net income ÷ pretax incomeInterest burden−271%pretax ÷ operating incomeOperating margin3%operating income ÷ revenueAsset turnover0.22×revenue ÷ average assetsEquity multiplier2.26×average assets ÷ average equityAs of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com
DuPont source inputs
InputValueFiscal yearSource
−$201MFY2025
Income before tax−$194MFY2025
Operating income$71.5MFY2025
$2.5BFY2025
Ending assets$11.1BFY2025
Beginning assets$11.5BFY2024
$4.8BFY2025
$5.1BFY2024
Source:
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001764046-25-000011
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001764046-26-000019
· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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Where CLARIVATE PLC's cash went

CLARIVATE PLC’s filing does not supply enough provenance-matched cash-flow lines for a truthful flow chart — here’s what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of cash from operationsSource
Cash from operations$629M100%
Depreciation and amortization$757M120%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

Curated 19-manager tier

Who reported holding CLARIVATE PLC

Delayed public 13F reports for 2026-Q2—not live positions, trades, or recommendations.

0 holding0 exited0 not holding0/19 resolved19 unavailable

Named manager positions and quarter-over-quarter changes
ManagerReported positionQuarter-over-quarterFiling accession
Abrams CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Akre CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Baupost GroupUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Berkshire HathawayUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Brave Warrior AdvisorsUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Dodge & CoxUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
First EagleUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
FundsmithUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gardner Russo & QuinnUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gates Foundation TrustUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Mairs & PowerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Markel / Markel-GaynerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Oakmark / Harris AssociatesUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Pershing SquareUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Polen CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Sequoia / Ruane CunniffUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Southeastern Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Tweedy, BrowneUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Yacktman Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable

Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

Source: Filing source unavailable · event Jun 30, 2026 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026

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What CLARIVATE PLC insiders reported

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 19, 2026.

Partial coverage: the incomplete Form 4 walk cannot establish no activity, an activity date, or zero counts.

Moat Score history

16 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale48.6 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 17, 2026Jul 26, 2026

Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.

Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

  1. Normalizer upgraded unstamped (version unknown)moat-xbrl-normalizer@1.1.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 26, 2026
  2. Methodology upgraded moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@3.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 23, 2026
  3. Methodology upgraded moat-index@1.2.0moat-index@2.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 20, 2026

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Insider activity

Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”

These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.

This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 19, 2026.

Trailing-12-month totals and the 90-day cluster result are withheld because this issuer walk is incomplete.

InsiderShares owned afterDateFiling detail
Lisowski Matthew J.Senior VP, CAOGrant, award, or other acquisition (A)Table I · Acquired · Ordinary Shares67,357—Grant, award, or other acquisition (A)—147,255Aug 15, 2026
1 filed lot
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 67,357 shares at — (Grant, award, or other acquisition (A)) · code A · owned after 147,255 ·
Easton Michael MExecutive Vice President/CFOGrant, award, or other acquisition (A)Table I · Acquired · Ordinary Shares194,300—Grant, award, or other acquisition (A)—893,609Aug 15, 2026
1 filed lot
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 194,300 shares at — (Grant, award, or other acquisition (A)) · code A · owned after 893,609 ·
Shem Tov Matitiahu S.Director, Chief Executive OfficerPayment of exercise price or tax liability (F)Table I · Disposed · Ordinary Shares47,633$1.96$93,3612,290,782Aug 13, 2026
1 filed lot
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 47,633 shares at $1.96 · code F · owned after 2,290,782 ·
Cornick Kenneth L.DirectorOpen-market or private purchase (P)Table I · Acquired · Ordinary Shares250,000$1.85$462,5002,000,000Aug 7, 2026
1 filed lot
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 250,000 shares at $1.85 · code P · owned after 2,000,000 ·
Cornick Kenneth L.DirectorOpen-market or private purchase (P)Table I · Acquired · Ordinary Shares650,000$1.86$1,209,0001,750,000Aug 6, 2026
1 filed lot
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 650,000 shares at $1.86 · code P · owned after 1,750,000 ·
Snyder Andrew MilesDirectorOpen-market or private sale (S)Table I · Disposed · Ordinary Shares2,489,618$1.94$4,829,859See lot detailAug 3, 2026
3 filed lots
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 310,702 shares at $1.94 · code S · owned after 10,178,764 ·
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 176,674 shares at $1.94 · code S · owned after 3,856,597 ·
  • Table I · Ordinary Shares: 2,002,242 shares at $1.94 · code S · owned after 6,819,742 ·

Source-event as of . Retrieved .

Track record

How CLARIVATE PLC’s moat rated in each of the years we can reconstruct from its filings — scored only on what was knowable at the time — and what its price and returns did afterward. The score never saw a price; the two are joined only in hindsight, for education, not as a signal.

Point-in-time scores 2019–2025, one methodology version · reconstructed from filings on file each Dec 31 — never with hindsight

Point-in-time Moat Score (dot colored by tier)Indexed price (total-return (dividends reinvested))Rated Wide-moat that year

How to read this: each dot is what the engine would have scored CLVT on that December 31; the line below is its total-return price path (dividends reinvested) in the years since.

0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatPoint-in-time Moat Score50100200Indexed price · log scale (2019 = 100)20192021202320252026

Two tracks, one timeline: the score has its own 0–100 scale (top), the price its own 100-based scale (bottom) — never a shared axis. The price path is a total-return (dividends reinvested) index built from the same data the forward returns use; gaps in the score line are years with no reconstructed rating (see the table for why). The Table view carries every value.

What followed, in the years it rated Wide

In the reconstructed history shown, CLVT did not rate Wide-moat in any year, so there is no wide-moat track record to report. That absence is itself the honest answer — we don’t manufacture a comparison where the rating never earned one.

Technology context

#318 of 744 scored Technology companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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Common questions about CLVT

Does CLARIVATE PLC have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores CLARIVATE PLC (CLVT) 48.6 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 59, pricing power 100, returns on capital 0, balance-sheet safety 40, capital allocation 44.
How has CLVT's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 16 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 48.6 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell CLVT. See the disclaimer.