RYAM vs. SLVM, MLKN, MATV, PACK, MAGN, MERC, VIRC, ILAG, ITP, and DSY
Should you be buying Rayonier Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier Advanced Materials include Sylvamo (SLVM), MillerKnoll (MLKN), Mativ (MATV), Ranpak (PACK), Magnera (MAGN), Mercer International (MERC), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), and Big Tree Cloud (DSY). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Rayonier Advanced Materials vs. Its Competitors
Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) 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 risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Sylvamo has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.2% of Sylvamo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sylvamo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rayonier Advanced Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials and 2 mentions for Sylvamo. Rayonier Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Sylvamo's score of 0.00 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sylvamo has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Rayonier Advanced Materials' net margin of -29.23%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 23.99% beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity.
Sylvamo has higher revenue and earnings than Rayonier Advanced Materials. Rayonier Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylvamo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sylvamo currently has a consensus price target of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.35%. Given Sylvamo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Rayonier Advanced Materials.
Summary
Sylvamo beats Rayonier Advanced Materials on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RYAM) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
