RYAM
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
RYAM lost money over the past year, so it has no meaningful PE right now. Analysts expect earnings to recover and profitability to improve, though they disagree widely on how much.
RYAM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
RYAM's revenue and cash flow are currently healthy, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
RYAM PE Valuation
RYAM has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 100x next year's earnings.
RYAM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect RYAM to return to profit, with revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
RYAM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.05 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$5.44 | +$0.81 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.11 | +$4.56 |
| Q1 2026 | -$7.06 | -$6.00 |
| Q4 2025 | -$6.33 | -$5.74 |
| Q3 2025 | -$6.25 | -$4.97 |
| Q2 2025 | -$6.67 | -$5.49 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.06 | +$0.55 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.59 | +$0.98 |
RYAM lost $5.44 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
RYAM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $382.5M | +8.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $376.1M | +11% |
| Q1 2026 | $319.1M | -10% |
| Q4 2025 | $417.5M | -1.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $352.8M | -12% |
| Q2 2025 | $340M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $356M | -8.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $422.5M | 0% |
RYAM's revenue is recovering but still below its 2020 peak: $383M last quarter, up 8.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -51% | -54 points |
| Q2 2026 | -1.7% | -1.3 points |
| Q1 2026 | -20% | -16 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.6% | 0 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2.8% | +7 points |
| Q2 2025 | -0.4% | -7.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | -4.2% | -8.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6% | +17 points |
RYAM's operating margin was −51% last quarter, down 54 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
RYAM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $28.7M | +$46.5M |
| Q2 2026 | $5M | +$35.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $31.9M | -19% |
| Q4 2025 | $32.3M | -41% |
| Q3 2025 | -$17.8M | -136% |
| Q2 2025 | -$30.2M | -134% |
| Q1 2025 | $39.6M | +252% |
| Q4 2024 | $54.9M | +1.5% |
RYAM still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2021 peak: $98M over the past year.
RYAM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.2% | +132K shares |
| 1 year | +1% | +641K shares |
| 3 years | +3.5% | +2.3M shares |
| 5 years | +6.1% | +3.9M shares |
| Available history | +24% | +13.1M shares |
RYAM has 68M diluted shares, up 1% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | $1.4M |
| Q4 2020 | $1,000 |
| Q3 2020 | $18,000 |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $438,000 |
| Q4 2019 | $1M |
RYAM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 8.4x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 7.7x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 5.1x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 5.3x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 6.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 4.3x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q3 2024 | 6.0x | High |
RYAM's net debt is about 8.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 6.1 years a year ago.
RYAM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 28.7 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 3.9 | Oversold |
RYAM's weekly RSI is 29 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 4 (oversold).
RYAM PE vs Basic Materials Sector
| Metric | RYAM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 19x | — |
RYAM has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RYAM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.80 | 19% below |
| 20 week MA | $7.73 | 29% below |
| 50 week MA | $8.23 | 33% below |
| 100 week MA | $7.00 | 22% below |
| 200 week MA | $6.16 | 11% below |
RYAM is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 11% below its 200-week average.
RYAM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $3.73 | $6.41 | +72% |
| 2021 | $6.41 | $5.55 | -13% |
| 2022 | $5.55 | $8.59 | +55% |
| 2023 | $8.59 | $4.05 | -53% |
| 2024 | $4.05 | $7.57 | +87% |
| 2025 | $7.57 | $5.84 | -23% |
| 2026 YTD | $5.84 | $5.48 | -6.2% |
RYAM has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 6.2% so far in 2026.