Clearfield: Small Fiber Play with a Real Data-Center Upside — Tactical Long Idea
Clearfield (CLFD) is a niche fiber infrastructure vendor with recent margin expansion, a growing backlog, and a chunky cash position that materially derisks valuation. With BEAD-funded broadband work still in motion and early traction into adjacent datacenter connectivity via the NOVA line, the stock offers an asymmetric mid-term trade: limited fun…