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$10.51 -0.28 (-2.56%)
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MATV vs. SLVM, MLKN, RYAM, PACK, MAGN, MERC, VIRC, DSY, ILAG, and ITP

Should you be buying Mativ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mativ include Sylvamo (SLVM), MillerKnoll (MLKN), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Ranpak (PACK), Magnera (MAGN), Mercer International (MERC), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), and IT Tech Packaging (ITP). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.

Mativ vs. Its Competitors

Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sylvamo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Mativ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sylvamo has higher revenue and earnings than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sylvamo$3.77B0.45$302M$5.238.03
Mativ$1.98B0.29-$48.70M-$8.35-1.26

In the previous week, Mativ had 2 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mativ and 0 mentions for Sylvamo. Mativ's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Sylvamo's score of -0.26 indicating that Mativ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sylvamo Neutral
Mativ Neutral

Sylvamo has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sylvamo pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mativ pays out -4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sylvamo has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Mativ has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Sylvamo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sylvamo has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Mativ's net margin of -23.09%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 23.99% beat Mativ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sylvamo6.11% 23.99% 8.14%
Mativ -23.09%4.12%1.16%

Sylvamo presently has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.60%. Mativ has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.89%. Given Sylvamo's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Mativ.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sylvamo
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Mativ
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Sylvamo beats Mativ on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MATV vs. The Competition

MetricMativCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$589.92M$14.90B$3.83B$21.74B
Dividend Yield3.71%1.93%5.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio-1.2649.91156.6132.40
Price / Sales0.293.0023,954.3458.79
Price / Cash3.1612.8926.6424.37
Price / Book0.673.117.184.59
Net Income-$48.70M$424.10M$148.99M$1.01B
7 Day Performance8.50%3.01%45.57%1.32%
1 Month Performance-17.56%-3.70%54.08%-1.45%
1 Year Performance-36.66%1.02%75.49%9.54%

Mativ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MATV
Mativ
2.3317 of 5 stars
$10.51
-2.6%
$10.00
-4.9%
-38.0%$589.92M$1.98B-1.265,100News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.3029 of 5 stars
$43.39
-3.1%
$71.00
+63.6%
-51.8%$1.81B$3.77B8.306,500
MLKN
MillerKnoll
4.3705 of 5 stars
$16.93
-3.1%
N/A-34.9%$1.20B$3.67B-67.7210,382Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RYAM
Rayonier Advanced Materials
2.8704 of 5 stars
$7.72
+0.9%
$6.00
-22.3%
-11.8%$512.56M$1.63B-1.162,350News Coverage
PACK
Ranpak
2.2665 of 5 stars
$5.72
-2.1%
$7.17
+25.3%
-17.8%$492.67M$380.70M-13.62880News Coverage
Gap Up
MAGN
Magnera
1.6014 of 5 stars
$11.86
+1.2%
$17.50
+47.6%
N/A$417.23M$1.31B-1.553,250Analyst Forecast
MERC
Mercer International
4.0789 of 5 stars
$2.90
+2.8%
$4.25
+46.6%
-64.0%$188.89M$1.95B-1.783,320Analyst Revision
VIRC
Virco Manufacturing
3.1699 of 5 stars
$7.23
-3.0%
$17.00
+135.1%
-49.8%$117.42M$266.24M8.31820News Coverage
Positive News
DSY
Big Tree Cloud
N/A$1.04
-1.9%
N/A-87.5%$92.19M$7.32M0.0082Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ILAG
Intelligent Living Application Group
1.5623 of 5 stars
$0.65
+1.6%
N/A-37.8%$11.56M$7.51M0.00370Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
ITP
IT Tech Packaging
0.8672 of 5 stars
$0.26
-6.2%
N/A-5.4%$4.36M$78.42M-0.26370Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:MATV) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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