Sylvamo (SLVM) Competitors

Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) and Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) are both business supplies companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, REYN or SLVM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Reynolds Consumer Products	$3.70B	1.33	$352M	$1.49	15.70
Sylvamo	$3.77B	0.48	$302M	$5.23	8.51

Is REYN or SLVM more profitable?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Sylvamo's net margin of 6.11%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 23.99% beat Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reynolds Consumer Products	8.44%	16.00%	6.98%
Sylvamo	6.11%	23.99%	8.14%

Is REYN or SLVM a better dividend stock?

Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvamo pays out 34.4% 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. Sylvamo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer REYN or SLVM?

In the previous week, Sylvamo had 2 more articles in the media than Reynolds Consumer Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sylvamo and 6 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of 1.32 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Reynolds Consumer Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sylvamo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, REYN or SLVM?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of REYN or SLVM?

26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Sylvamo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate REYN or SLVM?

Reynolds Consumer Products currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.66%. Sylvamo has a consensus price target of $71.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.59%. Given Sylvamo's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Reynolds Consumer Products	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Sylvamo	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Summary

Sylvamo beats Reynolds Consumer Products on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.