Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM)Basic Materials | Chemicals | Jacksonville, United States | NYSE
8.60 USD
+0.18
(2.138%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.60 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken. The company is hemorrhaging value with negative earnings, a return on equity of nearly -50%, and a balance sheet weighed down by debt that exceeds equity by nearly four times. While the stock trades at a cheap multiple relative to sales, this is a classic value trap where the market has correctly priced in the inability to generate capital efficiently. The recent leadership change offers hope, but the multi-year price trajectory shows a brutal decline, confirming that the business has struggled to maintain relevance or profitability. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast showing zero directional bias, there is no margin of safety. The options market agrees, with traders aggressively buying insurance against further drops rather than betting on a rebound. Until the turnaround story is proven by sustained profitability and a balance sheet cleanup, this remains a speculative hold at best. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.098063 |
| AutoETS | 0.098064 |
| AutoTheta | 0.101281 |
| MSTL | 0.105416 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 0.56 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.444 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.70 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2019-06-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2019-06-12 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 374.419 |
| Revenue per Share | 21.819 |
| Market Cap | 581,740,224 |
| Forward P/E | 7.51 |
| Beta | 1.77 |
| Profit Margins | -9.55% |
| Website | https://ryam.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 5.0 and 7.0) compared to negligible call volume. This creates a 'put wall' suggesting a floor around $5-$7, while the lack of significant call buying indicates a lack of conviction in an immediate recovery.
| 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 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.49822068 |
| Address1 | 1,301 Riverplace Boulevard |
| Address2 | Suite 2300 |
| All Time High | 44.18 |
| All Time Low | 0.9 |
| Ask | 8.82 |
| Ask Size | 1,100 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 799,860 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 969,051 |
| Average Volume | 969,051 |
| Average Volume10Days | 799,860 |
| Beta | 1.773 |
| Bid | 8.37 |
| Bid Size | 900 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 2.88 |
| City | Jacksonville |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.6 |
| Current Ratio | 1.373 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 8.77 |
| Day Low | 8.51 |
| Debt To Equity | 374.419 |
| Display Name | Rayonier Advanced Materials |
| Dividend Date | 1,561,680,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,934,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,934,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Ebitda | 135,804,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.092659995 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.659 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.895 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,311,677,184 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.08 |
| Eps Forward | 1.145 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.13 |
| 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 | 8.283 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.3170004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.038271204 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 49.822067 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 11.85 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.25 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2742616 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.38 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.2200003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.59851307 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.38 - 11.85 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,402,925,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 2.96 |
| Float Shares | 54,391,355 |
| Forward Eps | 1.145 |
| Forward P E | 7.5109177 |
| Free Cashflow | 22,868,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,325 |
| Fullday Change | 0.18 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.13777 |
| Fullday Price | 8.6 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.05898 |
| Gross Profits | 86,442,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.04998 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.78632003 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 67,644,208 |
| 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 | 581,740,224 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_261467539 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,518,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -141,816,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 569,564,231 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 8.51 |
| Operating Cashflow | 51,414,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01948 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.63 |
| Phone | 904 357 4600 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 8.6 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 8.42 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -7.962963 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.9861112 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.39693272 |
| Profit Margins | -0.09548 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.638 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.18 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.13777 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.77 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.51 - 8.77 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.51 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.42 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.6 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,203 |
| Regular Market Volume | 982,837 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00179 |
| Return On Equity | -0.49682 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.106 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.819 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 67,644,208 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0641 |
| Shares Short | 4,338,802 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,207,526 |
| Short Name | Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.066199996 |
| Short Ratio | 4.31 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | FL |
| Symbol | RYAM |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 14.0 |
| Target Median Price | 14.0 |
| Total Cash | 57,009,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.843 |
| Total Debt | 774,772,992 |
| Total Revenue | 1,465,588,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.13 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 8.34535 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.25465012 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.030514011 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 982,837 |
| Website | https://ryam.com |
| Zip | 32,207 |