Sylvamo (SLVM) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and 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	1.22	$352M	$1.60	13.45
Sylvamo	$3.77B	0.55	$302M	$6.84	7.42

Which has more volatility and risk, REYN or SLVM?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate REYN or SLVM?

Reynolds Consumer Products presently has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 31.66%. Sylvamo has a consensus price target of $85.67, indicating a potential upside of 68.83%. Given Sylvamo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REYN or SLVM?

Reynolds Consumer Products received 31 more outperform votes than Sylvamo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 31.45% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Reynolds Consumer Products	Outperform Votes 39 31.45%	Underperform Votes 85 68.55%
Sylvamo	Outperform Votes 8 30.77%	Underperform Votes 18 69.23%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer REYN or SLVM?

In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products had 2 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products and 4 mentions for Sylvamo. Reynolds Consumer Products' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Sylvamo's score of 1.01 indicating that Reynolds Consumer Products is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sylvamo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is REYN or SLVM more profitable?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 9.11% compared to Sylvamo's net margin of 7.71%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 32.60% beat Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Reynolds Consumer Products	9.11%	16.87%	7.27%
Sylvamo	7.71%	32.60%	10.64%

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 4.3%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvamo pays out 26.3% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Reynolds Consumer Products beats Sylvamo on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.