RYAM vs. MATV, MAGN, PACK, MERC, VIRC, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Rayonier Advanced Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier Advanced Materials include Mativ (MATV), Magnera (MAGN), Ranpak (PACK), Mercer International (MERC), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Rayonier Advanced Materials vs. Its Competitors
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) and Mativ (NYSE:MATV) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Mativ shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mativ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mativ has a net margin of -23.09% compared to Rayonier Advanced Materials' net margin of -29.23%. Mativ's return on equity of 4.12% beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity.
Rayonier Advanced Materials presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Mativ has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 20.59%. Given Rayonier Advanced Materials' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mativ.
In the previous week, Mativ had 1 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mativ and 5 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Mativ's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 1.50 indicating that Mativ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mativ has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mativ. Mativ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mativ beats Rayonier Advanced Materials on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RYAM) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
