Rayonier (RYN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Rayonier Inc. (NYSE:RYN) is a real estate investment trust that owns, leases and manages timberlands. The company generates revenue primarily from the sale of timber and logs, as well as from real estate transactions and leases involving its land holdings.

Rayonier’s timber operations span the U.S. South, the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand. Its products include timber used in construction, packaging, paper and other wood-related applications. The company also pursues opportunities involving rural land, conservation, renewable energy and other alternative uses of its properties.

Founded in 1926, Rayonier has evolved from a forest-products company into a publicly traded timberland owner and manager. It completed its conversion to a real estate investment trust in 2014. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Mark McHugh.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.03 to $18.46
• 50-Day Range: $18.07 to $22.19
• 52-Week Range: $17.91 to $27.06
• Volume: 3.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.38 billion
• P/E Ratio: 40.15
• Dividend Yield: 5.76%
• Price Target: $24.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Rayonier Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Rayonier scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 35th out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Rayonier has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Rayonier has a consensus price target of $24.80, representing about 37.3% upside from its current price of $18.07.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Rayonier has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 36.36%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Rayonier are expected to grow by 36.36% in the coming year, from $0.44 to $0.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Rayonier is 40.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Rayonier is 40.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.00.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Rayonier has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.65% of the float of Rayonier has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Rayonier has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.43, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Rayonier has recently increased by 6.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Rayonier is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.76%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Rayonier does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Rayonier is 231.11%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Rayonier will have a dividend payout ratio of 173.33% in the coming year. This indicates that Rayonier may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.28

News Sentiment

Rayonier has a news sentiment score of 0.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Rayonier this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for RYN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Rayonier to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Rayonier insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $123,833.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.85% of the stock of Rayonier is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.12% of the stock of Rayonier is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Specialized REITs
• Sub-Industry: Timber REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RYN
• CIK: 52827
• Web: www.rayonier.com
• Phone: (904) 357-9100
• Fax: 904-357-9101
• Employees: 285
• Year Founded: 1926

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Rayonier: $24.80
• High Price Target: $28.00
• Low Price Target: $23.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: 41.06
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $474.38 million
• Net Margins: 7.83%
• Pretax Margin: 4.16%
• Return on Equity: 3.49%
• Return on Assets: 2.37%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 3.56
• Quick Ratio: 2.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $484.50 million
• Price / Sales: 11.10
• Cash Flow: $1.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.90
• Book Value: $13.69 per share
• Price / Book: 1.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 297,570,000
• Free Float: 295,038,000
• Market Cap: $5.38 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.89