RYAM vs. MAGN, MATV, 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 Magnera (MAGN), Mativ (MATV), 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
Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) are both small-cap business supplies companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Magnera has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rayonier Advanced Materials. Rayonier Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -4.38% compared to Magnera's net margin of -6.06%. Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity of -4.71% beat Magnera's return on equity.
Magnera has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Magnera presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.53%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.64%. Given Rayonier Advanced Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Magnera.
In the previous week, Magnera had 3 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Magnera and 0 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Rayonier Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Magnera's score of 0.47 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.9% of Magnera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Magnera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Magnera on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RYAM) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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