Sylvamo (SLVM) Competitors

Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) and Reynolds Consumer Products (NASDAQ:REYN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SLVM or REYN?

Reynolds Consumer Products has higher revenue and earnings than Sylvamo. Sylvamo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reynolds Consumer Products, 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
Sylvamo	$3.72B	0.86	$253M	$6.43	12.11
Reynolds Consumer Products	$3.76B	1.52	$298M	$1.75	15.48

Is SLVM or REYN more profitable?

Reynolds Consumer Products has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Sylvamo's net margin of 7.13%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 30.60% beat Reynolds Consumer Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sylvamo	7.13%	30.60%	9.70%
Reynolds Consumer Products	10.03%	18.27%	7.63%

Do analysts prefer SLVM or REYN?

Sylvamo presently has a consensus price target of $89.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Reynolds Consumer Products has a consensus price target of $30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Sylvamo's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Reynolds Consumer Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sylvamo	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Reynolds Consumer Products	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SLVM or REYN?

91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Reynolds Consumer Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SLVM or REYN a better dividend stock?

Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Reynolds Consumer Products pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sylvamo pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Reynolds Consumer Products pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SLVM or REYN?

Sylvamo has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reynolds Consumer Products has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SLVM or REYN?

In the previous week, Reynolds Consumer Products had 11 more articles in the media than Sylvamo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Reynolds Consumer Products and 2 mentions for Sylvamo. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Reynolds Consumer Products' score of -0.16 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sylvamo	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Reynolds Consumer Products	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SLVM or REYN?

Reynolds Consumer Products received 29 more outperform votes than Sylvamo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 33.64% of users gave Reynolds Consumer Products an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sylvamo	Outperform Votes 8 33.33%	Underperform Votes 16 66.67%
Reynolds Consumer Products	Outperform Votes 37 33.64%	Underperform Votes 73 66.36%

Summary

Reynolds Consumer Products beats Sylvamo on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.