Suzano (SUZ) Competitors

Suzano (NYSE:SUZ) and Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is SUZ or SLVM more profitable?

Suzano has a net margin of 9.69% compared to Sylvamo's net margin of 7.13%. Sylvamo's return on equity of 30.60% beat Suzano's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suzano	9.69%	9.80%	2.85%
Sylvamo	7.13%	30.60%	9.70%

Do analysts rate SUZ or SLVM?

Sylvamo has a consensus price target of $89.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Given Sylvamo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sylvamo is more favorable than Suzano.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suzano	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sylvamo	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SUZ or SLVM?

Suzano has higher revenue and earnings than Sylvamo. Sylvamo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suzano, 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
Suzano	$43.60B	0.30	$2.82B	$0.63	15.49
Sylvamo	$3.77B	0.88	$253M	$6.43	12.61

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SUZ or SLVM?

Suzano received 21 more outperform votes than Sylvamo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.70% of users gave Suzano an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Sylvamo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Suzano	Outperform Votes 29 61.70%	Underperform Votes 18 38.30%
Sylvamo	Outperform Votes 8 33.33%	Underperform Votes 16 66.67%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SUZ or SLVM?

2.5% of Suzano shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Sylvamo shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sylvamo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SUZ or SLVM?

Suzano has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SUZ or SLVM?

In the previous week, Sylvamo had 3 more articles in the media than Suzano. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sylvamo and 5 mentions for Suzano. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Suzano's score of 0.43 indicating that Sylvamo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Suzano	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sylvamo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SUZ or SLVM a better dividend stock?

Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Suzano pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylvamo pays out 28.0% 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.

Summary

Sylvamo beats Suzano on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.