Rayonier (RYN) Competitors

PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate PCH or RYN?

PotlatchDeltic presently has a consensus target price of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.43%. Rayonier has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.25%. Given Rayonier's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PotlatchDeltic is more favorable than Rayonier.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PotlatchDeltic	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Rayonier	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PCH or RYN?

86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Rayonier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PCH or RYN a better dividend stock?

PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. PotlatchDeltic pays out 315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rayonier pays out 101.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PotlatchDeltic has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Rayonier has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is PCH or RYN more profitable?

Rayonier has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 4.58%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 3.21% beat Rayonier's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PotlatchDeltic	4.58%	0.74%	0.47%
Rayonier	15.92%	3.21%	1.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PCH or RYN?

Rayonier received 21 more outperform votes than PotlatchDeltic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.23% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PotlatchDeltic	Outperform Votes 280 53.13%	Underperform Votes 247 46.87%
Rayonier	Outperform Votes 301 55.23%	Underperform Votes 244 44.77%

Which has more risk and volatility, PCH or RYN?

PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PCH or RYN?

In the previous week, Rayonier had 7 more articles in the media than PotlatchDeltic. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Rayonier and 6 mentions for PotlatchDeltic. Rayonier's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat PotlatchDeltic's score of 0.03 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PotlatchDeltic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rayonier	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PCH or RYN?

Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than PotlatchDeltic. Rayonier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PotlatchDeltic, 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
PotlatchDeltic	$1.02B	3.27	$62.10M	$0.57	73.81
Rayonier	$1.06B	4.08	$173.49M	$1.12	25.83

Summary

Rayonier beats PotlatchDeltic on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.