Suzano (SUZ) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SUZ or SLVM?

Suzano has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylvamo has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SUZ or SLVM?

Sylvamo has a consensus target price of $86.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Sylvamo's stronger consensus rating and 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	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SUZ or SLVM?

2.6% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SUZ or SLVM a better dividend stock?

Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Sylvamo pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Suzano pays out 28.6% 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. Sylvamo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to SUZ or SLVM?

In the previous week, Suzano and Suzano both had 3 articles in the media. Sylvamo's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Suzano's score of 0.49 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sylvamo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$7.96B	1.76	$2.82B	$0.63	16.77
Sylvamo	$3.72B	0.96	$253M	$6.43	13.59

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 34.78% 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 34.78%	Underperform Votes 15 65.22%

Summary

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