Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM)
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Rating:52Neutral
Price Target:
$9.50
▲(1.39% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:03/04/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance (shrinking revenue, severe 2025 loss, and volatile/declining cash flow). Technicals are a meaningful offset with strong upward trend signals, while the earnings-call outlook is mixed—clear improvement goals and pricing progress, but significant execution, volume, and refinancing risks. Valuation contributes little support due to losses and no stated dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Specialties Pricing
Securing price increases across most of the high‑purity specialties book materially improves margin resilience because specialty cellulose is higher margin and contractable. Durable pricing contracts reduce spot exposure, support cash generation if volumes hold, and give management a lever to restore profitability over multiple quarters.
Negative Factors
Weak Profitability
A multi‑year pattern of shrinking revenue and a severe 2025 loss indicate structural demand or mix problems and exhausted margin cushions. Persistent weak profitability erodes reinvestment capacity, reduces flexibility to absorb shocks, and makes multi‑year recovery dependent on sustained execution and market improvement.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Specialties Pricing
Securing price increases across most of the high‑purity specialties book materially improves margin resilience because specialty cellulose is higher margin and contractable. Durable pricing contracts reduce spot exposure, support cash generation if volumes hold, and give management a lever to restore profitability over multiple quarters.
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Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$642.93M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)527.04K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.36
Revenue Growth-9.75%
EPS Growth-386.63%
CountryUS
Employees2,350
SectorBasic Materials
Sector Strength58
IndustryChemicals
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.28
Shares Outstanding67,393,560
10 Day Avg. Volume696,472
30 Day Avg. Volume527,037
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio>-0.01
Price to Book (P/B)1.24
Price to Sales (P/S)0.27
P/FCF Ratio-4.28
Enterprise Value/Market Cap2.09
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.92
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit11.32
Enterprise Value/Ebitda9.39
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$14.00Price Target Upside49.41% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering1
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.16
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.48B
Rayonier Advanced Materials Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. manufactures and sells cellulose specialty products in the United States, China, Canada, Japan, Europe, Latin America, other Asian countries, and internationally. The company operates through High Purity Cellulose,...
How the Company Makes Money
RYAM primarily makes money by manufacturing and selling specialty cellulose and other cellulose-derived products to business customers under negotiated supply agreements and purchase orders. Its main revenue stream is the sale of high-purity cellu...
Rayonier Advanced Materials Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Mar 03, 2026
(Q4-2025)
| Next Earnings Date:May 12, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call balanced clear and actionable management priorities (deliver positive free cash flow in 2026, assert pricing leadership in specialties, improve EBITDA across all businesses) and early operational progress (85% of specialties priced at +18%, product introductions, Tardis recovery actions) against material near-term financial and market challenges (negative $88M FCF in 2025, high-cost debt, expected ~20% volume loss from pricing actions, 15% of specialties unplaced, import and oversupply pressures). While management presented a cohesive plan with measurable levers and upcoming trade-remedy catalysts, the company faces meaningful execution and refinancing risk in the near term, leaving the tone cautiously constructive but uncertain.Positive Updates
Pricing Progress in Cellulose Specialties
85% of the specialties business is arranged at an average price increase of 18% versus 2025; management expects the remaining 15% (still under discussion) to come at an even higher average price increase if secured.
Negative Updates
Negative Free Cash Flow and High-Cost Debt
2025 free cash flow was negative $88 million and the company carries significant high-cost debt, which management calls unsustainable and a core near-term risk to be addressed through execution and a planned refi.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Pricing Progress in Cellulose Specialties
85% of the specialties business is arranged at an average price increase of 18% versus 2025; management expects the remaining 15% (still under discussion) to come at an even higher average price increase if secured.
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Company Guidance
Management's guidance focused on returning to positive free cash flow in 2026 after 2025 free cash flow of negative $88 million and addressing high‑cost debt, with 85% of the cellulose specialties book now contracted at an average +18% vs. 2025 (with ~20% expected volume loss vs. 2025) and the remaining 15% likely to require materially higher increases; nitration grades have seen increases above 18%. They expect every business to improve EBITDA versus 2025, to bridge a near‑zero EBITDA first quarter as leadership actions take hold, and to deliver a full‑year EBITDA substantially better than 2025 alongside “solid” positive free cash flow and momentum into 2027. Management also flagged potential upside from trade remedies (countervailing duty preliminaries in March for Brazil and antidumping preliminaries in May for Brazil and Norway) and plans to pursue a refinance to lower interest expense.Rayonier Advanced Materials Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
22
Negative
Balance Sheet
44
Neutral
Cash Flow
33
Negative
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 1.47B | 1.63B | 1.64B | 1.72B | 1.41B |
| Gross Profit | 119.00M | 165.58M | 88.15M | 123.08M | 74.72M |
| EBITDA | 143.00M | 173.69M | 81.32M | 176.94M | 121.82M |
| Net Income | -420.00M | -39.00M | -101.83M | -14.92M | 66.41M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 1.76B | 2.13B | 2.18B | 2.35B | 2.45B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 75.00M | 125.22M | 75.77M | 151.80M | 291.82M |
| Total Debt | 779.00M | 729.82M | 777.46M | 853.13M | 928.71M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.43B | 1.41B | 1.44B | 1.52B | 1.63B |
| Stockholders Equity | 316.56M | 713.88M | 746.45M | 829.31M | 814.34M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | -92.00M | 95.67M | 8.60M | -69.41M | 140.01M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 24.00M | 203.61M | 136.27M | 68.81M | 233.22M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -114.00M | -107.94M | -127.28M | -94.17M | 85.39M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 30.00M | -42.48M | -86.95M | -73.11M | -156.66M |
Rayonier Advanced Materials Technical Analysis
Neutral
9.37
Price Trends
9.56
Negative
8.11
Positive
6.90
Positive
Market Momentum
-0.09
Positive
44.32
Neutral
14.01
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For RYAM, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 9.37 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 10.61, below the 50-day MA of 9.56, and above the 200-day MA of 6.90, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -0.09 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 44.32 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 14.01 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for RYAM.
Rayonier Advanced Materials Risk Analysis
Rayonier Advanced Materials disclosed 30 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Rayonier Advanced Materials reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Rayonier Advanced Materials Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 Neutral | $969.21M | 25.00 | 4.90% | ― | 12.49% | 95.48% | |
64 Neutral | $643.34M | 9.44 | 6.06% | 3.81% | -5.05% | 35.01% | |
61 Neutral | $10.43B | 7.12 | -0.05% | 2.87% | 2.86% | -36.73% | |
53 Neutral | $1.45B | -1.41 | -29.85% | 8.27% | -7.81% | -334.15% | |
52 Neutral | $642.93M | -0.94 | -99.73% | ― | -9.75% | -386.63% | |
48 Neutral | $180.28M | -2.83 | -28.62% | 7.12% | -49.82% | -195.74% | |
40 Underperform | $10.58M | -3,758.94 | -97.45% | ― | -28.47% | 16.83% |
* Basic Materials Sector Average
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Corporate Events
Business Operations and Strategy
Rayonier Advanced Materials Withdraws From Altamaha Energy Project
Negative
Jan 26, 2026
On January 26, 2026, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that, following a comprehensive review, it has decided not to move forward with its participation in the Altamaha Green Energy project, signaling a strategic pullback from this specif...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Rayonier Advanced Materials consolidates leadership after SVP departure
Neutral
Jan 12, 2026
On January 11, 2026, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced the separation of Joshua Hicks, its Senior Vice President of High Purity Cellulose, effective the same day, marking a leadership change within its key high-purity cellulose segment. F...
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