Rayonier Advanced Materials Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of RYAM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

RYAM ($5.33) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($41.49)

Is RYAM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RYAM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow

Simply Wall St

US$41.49

Fair Value

87.2% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: RYAM ($5.33) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($41.49)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RYAM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RYAM?

Key metric: As RYAM is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for RYAM. This is calculated by dividing RYAM's market cap by their current revenue.
What is RYAM's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	0.2x
Sales	US$1.63b
Market Cap	US$360.18m

RYAM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	0.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	4.7x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does RYAM's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for RYAM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	1.8x
VHI Valhi	0.2x	n/a	US$507.3m
DNA Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings	1.7x	-1.0%	US$422.4m
NANX Nanophase Technologies	4x	n/a	US$193.9m
ECVT Ecovyst	1.1x	6.2%	US$785.2m
RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials	0.2x	2.9%	US$360.2m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: RYAM is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (1.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does RYAM's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

17 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	1.1x	4.3%
RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials	0.2x	2.9%	US$360.18m
VHI Valhi	0.2x	n/a	US$507.33m
MATV Mativ Holdings	0.2x	1.7%	US$338.55m

17 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Industry Avg.	1.1x	14.8%
RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials	0.2x	135.9%	US$360.18m

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: RYAM is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RYAM's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RYAM PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	0.2x
Fair PS Ratio	0.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: RYAM is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Price Target

Consensus Narrative from 2 Analysts

US$11.00

Fair Value

51.5% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/18 04:14
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/18 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. is covered by 8 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Paretosh Misra	Berenberg
George Staphos	BofA Global Research
Steven Chercover	D.A. Davidson & Co.