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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM)

Basic Materials | Chemicals | Jacksonville, United States | NYSE
7.10 USD -0.21 (-2.873%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:23 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Rayonier Advanced Materials is currently broken by a perfect storm of deteriorating fundamentals and aggressive short-term hedging. The company is bleeding cash, reporting negative free cash flow and widening losses even as revenue contracts. The balance sheet is precarious, with debt nearly four times the equity base, leaving little room for error in a cyclical downturn. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 6.7x, it is a mathematical illusion based on estimated earnings that may never materialize given the current operational struggles. The market has already priced in this reality, driving the stock down nearly 70% over the last nine years. The recent news of a rejected takeover bid suggests the company is undervalued relative to its assets, but the path to unlocking that value is obscured by management's inability to generate consistent profitability. Options flow confirms the pessimism: traders are buying deep puts to cap losses, while call writers are collecting premiums on a stock they expect to remain range-bound or drift lower. With no dividend to provide income and a high beta amplifying volatility, this is a speculative vehicle for distressed investors rather than a core holding. The risk of permanent capital loss remains high until the turnaround story becomes undeniable.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.150629
AutoETS0.159367
AutoARIMA0.159372
AutoTheta0.161562

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 9.18
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.197
Excess Kurtosis -0.78
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2019-06-12
Last Dividend Date 2019-06-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 316.748
Revenue per Share 21.383
Market Cap 478,813,728
Forward P/E 6.51
Beta 1.78
Profit Margins -32.82%
Website https://ryam.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:23 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts expiring in September and December, particularly at strikes significantly below the current price. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated at distant strikes, indicating a lack of near-term bullish conviction despite some volume at the $10 strike.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2019-06-13 0.07 1.029412
2019-03-14 0.07 0.546448
2018-12-14 0.07 0.606061
2018-09-13 0.07 0.323027
2018-06-14 0.07 0.412979
2018-03-15 0.07 0.348953
2017-12-14 0.07 0.377155
2017-09-14 0.07 0.509091
2017-06-14 0.07 0.428922
2017-03-15 0.07 0.516605
2016-12-14 0.07 0.456323
2016-09-14 0.07 0.617284
2016-06-14 0.07 0.556881
2016-03-15 0.07 0.790960
2015-12-15 0.07 0.737619
2015-09-14 0.07 1.164725
2015-06-12 0.07 0.406504
2015-03-13 0.07 0.437500
2014-12-15 0.07 0.322878
2014-09-12 0.07 0.218818
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2019-06-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.07
lastDividendDate 2019-06-13
dividendDate 2019-06-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.70000005
Address1 1,301 Riverplace Boulevard
Address2 Suite 2300
All Time High 44.18
All Time Low 0.9
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 1,800
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 967,130
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,071,086
Average Volume 1,071,086
Average Volume10Days 967,130
Beta 1.777
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 900
Board Risk 2
Book Value 3.401
City Jacksonville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 7.1
Current Ratio 1.374
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 7.42
Day Low 7.065
Debt To Equity 316.748
Display Name Rayonier Advanced Materials
Dividend Date 1,561,680,000
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,072,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,072,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,873,600
Ebitda 127,218,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08878
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.322
Enterprise To Revenue 0.828
Enterprise Value 1,185,944,704
Eps Current Year -1.105
Eps Forward 1.09
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -7.1
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,560,384,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 8.5478
Fifty Day Average Change -1.4478002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.16937694
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 70.00001
Fifty Two Week High 11.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.7500005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.40084392
Fifty Two Week Low 3.35
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.119403
Fifty Two Week Range 3.35 - 11.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,402,925,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.96
Float Shares 54,183,502
Forward Eps 1.09
Forward P E 6.513761
Free Cashflow -42,060,752
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,325
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.06081
Gross Profits 87,138,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.05013
Held Percent Institutions 0.80268997
Implied Shares Outstanding 67,438,549
Industry Chemicals
Industry Disp Chemicals
Industry Key chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,560,384,000
Last Dividend Value 0.07
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. manufactures and sells cellulose specialty products in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, rest of Asia, Canada, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through Cellulose Specialties, Biomaterials, Cellulose Commodities, Paperboard, and High-Yield Pulp. The company's products include cellulose specialties, which are natural polymers that are used as raw materials to manufacture a range of consumer-oriented products, such as liquid crystal displays, impact-resistant plastics, thickeners for food products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, cigarette filters, high-tenacity rayon tire cords and industrial hoses, food casings, paints, lacquers, munitions, and explosives; and biomaterials, including biofuels, lignosulfonates, prebiotics, tall oil soap, and HCE and turpentine. It also offers commodity products, such as commodity viscose used in woven applications, including rayon textiles for clothing and other fabrics, as well as in non-woven applications comprising baby wipes, cosmetic and personal wipes, industrial wipes, and mattress ticking; and absorbent materials consisting of fluff that are used as an absorbent medium in disposable baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads, convalescent bed pads, industrial towels and wipes, and non-woven fabrics. In addition, the company provides paperboards for packaging, printing documents, brochures, promotional materials, paperback books and catalog covers, file folders, freezer, tags, and lottery tickets; and high-yield pulps to produce hardwood aspen, maple, and birch species for paperboard, packaging, printing and writing papers, and various other paper products. Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Long Name Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 478,813,728
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_261467539
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,656,000
Net Income To Common -474,841,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 478,813,697
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 7.25
Operating Cashflow 16,232,000
Operating Margins -0.089209996
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.63
Phone 904 357 4600
Pre Market Change -0.099999905
Pre Market Change Percent -1.4084494
Pre Market Price 7.0
Pre Market Time 1,784,024,475
Previous Close 7.31
Price Eps Current Year -6.425339
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.0876212
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.33416227
Profit Margins -0.32821
Quick Ratio 0.627
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.21
Regular Market Change Percent -2.87278
Regular Market Day High 7.42
Regular Market Day Low 7.065
Regular Market Day Range 7.065 - 7.42
Regular Market Open 7.25
Regular Market Previous Close 7.31
Regular Market Price 7.1
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 408,147
Return On Assets -0.00097000005
Return On Equity -1.00541
Revenue Growth -0.095
Revenue Per Share 21.383
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 67,438,549
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0616
Shares Short 4,153,830
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 4,164,011
Short Name Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0636
Short Ratio 4.11
Source Interval 15
State FL
Symbol RYAM
Target High Price 15.0
Target Low Price 14.0
Target Mean Price 14.5
Target Median Price 14.5
Total Cash 67,944,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.007
Total Debt 763,414,016
Total Revenue 1,432,877,952
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -7.1
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 8.10455
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.0045505
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.12394895
Type Disp Equity
Volume 408,147
Website https://ryam.com
Zip 32,207