Stora Enso Oyj (SEOAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stora Enso Oyj is a renewable materials company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The company develops and manufactures products made primarily from renewable wood-based resources, serving customers in packaging, construction, consumer goods and other industries.

Its activities include renewable packaging materials and solutions, pulp, biomaterials, wooden construction products and wood products. Stora Enso also manages forest assets and provides products such as sawn wood, engineered wood and mass-timber components for building applications. Its packaging portfolio includes paperboard, corrugated packaging and other fiber-based solutions designed to replace fossil-based materials in selected uses.

Stora Enso was formed in 1998 through the merger of Sweden’s Stora and Finland’s Enso-Gutzeit. The company traces its history to Stora’s medieval mining and forestry origins and has developed from a traditional forest-products business into a broader renewable materials group. It serves customers through operations and sales networks across Europe, Asia and other international markets.

Hans Sohlström has served as Stora Enso’s president and chief executive officer since October 2023. The company is listed in Helsinki and Stockholm, and its shares also trade over the counter in the United States under the symbol SEOAY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.31 to $11.41
• 50-Day Range: $10.82 to $12.67
• 52-Week Range: $10.05 to $14.41
• Volume: 30,502 shs
• Average Volume: 41,800 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.48
• Dividend Yield: 0.88%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Stora Enso Oyj Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stora Enso Oyj scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Stora Enso Oyj has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stora Enso Oyj has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 88.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stora Enso Oyj are expected to grow by 88.64% in the coming year, from $0.44 to $0.83 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stora Enso Oyj is 13.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stora Enso Oyj is 13.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Stora Enso Oyj has a PEG Ratio of 12.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stora Enso Oyj has a P/B Ratio of 0.74. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Stora Enso Oyj has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stora Enso Oyj has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.18, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stora Enso Oyj has recently decreased by 64.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Stora Enso Oyj has a dividend yield of 0.93%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stora Enso Oyj does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stora Enso Oyj is 11.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stora Enso Oyj will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.05% next year. This indicates that Stora Enso Oyj will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Stora Enso Oyj has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Stora Enso Oyj this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stora Enso Oyj insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.10% of the stock of Stora Enso Oyj is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Stora Enso Oyj is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Paper & Forest Products
• Sub-Industry: Paper Products
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SEOAY
• CIK: 1120557
• Web: www.storaenso.com
• Phone: (358) 204-6131
• Fax: 358-2046-21302
• Employees: 18,558
• Year Founded: 1998

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.84
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.73
• P/E Growth: 12.23
• Net Income: $786.32 million
• Net Margins: 6.20%
• Pretax Margin: 6.85%
• Return on Equity: 2.31%
• Return on Assets: 1.29%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.27
• Current Ratio: 1.33
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.55 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.85
• Cash Flow: $1.20 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.45
• Book Value: $15.28 per share
• Price / Book: 0.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 788,620,000
• Free Float: 724,742,000
• Market Cap: $8.93 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.57