Sylvamo (SLVM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sylvamo Corporation produces and markets uncoated freesheet for cutsize, offset paper, and pulp in Latin America, Europe, and North America. The company operates through Europe, Latin America, and North America segments. The Europe segment offers copy, tinted, and colored laser printing paper under REY Adagio and Pro-Design brands; and graphic and high-speed inkjet printing papers under the brand Jetstar; as well as produces uncoated freesheet papers. The Latin America segment focuses on uncoated freesheet paper under Chamex, Chamequinho and Chambril brands, as well as produces HP papers. This segment also operates integrated mills and non-integrated mills. The North America segment offers imaging, commercial printing, and converting papers, as well as uncoated papers under Hammermill, Springhill, Williamsburg, Accent, DRM and Postmark brand names. It distributes its products through a variety of channels, including retail merchants, e-commerce, agents, resellers, and paper distributors. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $87.46 to $88.88
• 50-Day Range: $74.78 to $95.69
• 52-Week Range: $44.94 to $98.02
• Volume: 37,133 shs
• Average Volume: 313,364 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.74
• Dividend Yield: 2.04%
• Price Target: $86.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sylvamo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sylvamo scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 103rd out of 189 stocks in the basic materials sector. 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

Sylvamo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sylvamo has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sylvamo are expected to grow by 7.50% in the coming year, from $7.07 to $7.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sylvamo is 13.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sylvamo is 13.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 111.60.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sylvamo has a P/B Ratio of 3.88. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.74% of the float of Sylvamo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sylvamo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sylvamo has recently decreased by 8.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Sylvamo pays a meaningful dividend of 2.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sylvamo is 27.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Sylvamo will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.68% next year. This indicates that Sylvamo will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.74% of the float of Sylvamo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sylvamo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sylvamo has recently decreased by 8.15%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.52

News Sentiment

Sylvamo has a news sentiment score of 1.52. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for SLVM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.75% of the stock of Sylvamo is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.16% of the stock of Sylvamo is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SLVM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SLVM shares performed this year?

Sylvamo's stock was trading at $49.11 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SLVM stock has increased by 80.5% and is now trading at $88.64.
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How were Sylvamo's earnings last quarter?

Sylvamo Co. (NYSE:SLVM) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 12th. The company reported $2.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.18 by $0.26. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Who are Sylvamo's major shareholders?

Sylvamo's top institutional investors include Pacer Advisors Inc. (5.62%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (4.02%), State Street Corp (3.43%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Thomas A Cleves, Peggy Maes, Karl L Meyers, Kevin W Ferguson and Paper Co /New/ International.
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How do I buy shares of Sylvamo?

Shares of SLVM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Sylvamo own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Sylvamo investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/17 Dividend: 10/03/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/17/2024
• Last Earnings: 11/12/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 12/31/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Paper mills
• Sub-Industry: Business Supplies
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SLVM
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1856485
• Web: www.sylvamo.com
• Phone: 901-519-8000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 6,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $86.33
• High Stock Price Target: $100.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $71.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -2.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $6.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.54
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $253 million
• Net Margins: 7.13%
• Pretax Margin: 9.82%
• Return on Equity: 30.60%
• Return on Assets: 9.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.94
• Current Ratio: 1.72
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.98
• Cash Flow: $10.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.56
• Book Value: $22.85 per share
• Price / Book: 3.88

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 41,010,000
• Free Float: 40,700,000
• Market Cap: $3.64 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.08