Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (RYAM) Stock: A Look at the Analyst Recommendations

RYAM has 36-month beta value of 2.80. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for RYAM is 63.03M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.46% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of RYAM on March 06, 2025 was 433.38K shares.

RYAM) stock’s latest price update

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (NYSE: RYAM)’s stock price has plunge by -11.87relation to previous closing price of 7.49. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -13.60% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-05 that Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.10 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.12. This compares to loss of $0.22 per share a year ago.

RYAM’s Market Performance

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (RYAM) has experienced a -13.60% fall in stock performance for the past week, with a -13.71% drop in the past month, and a -23.86% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.40%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.40% for RYAM. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -10.08% for RYAM stock, with a simple moving average of -10.17% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of RYAM

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for RYAM stocks, with RBC Capital Mkts repeating the rating for RYAM by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for RYAM in the upcoming period, according to RBC Capital Mkts is $7 based on the research report published on May 11, 2023 of the previous year 2023.

RBC Capital Mkts, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see RYAM reach a price target of $8, previously predicting the price at $9. The rating they have provided for RYAM stocks is “Sector Perform” according to the report published on January 10th, 2023.

RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Outperform” to RYAM, setting the target price at $5 in the report published on July 18th of the previous year.

RYAM Trading at -13.59% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought RYAM to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -35.79% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 4.40%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.40%, as shares sank -12.00% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.93% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, RYAM fell by -13.61%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +45.70% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.34. In addition, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc saw -19.99% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at RYAM starting from Bowen Eric, who purchase 12,500 shares at the price of $8.04 back on Dec 13 ’24. After this action, Bowen Eric now owns 12,500 shares of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc, valued at $100,500 using the latest closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for RYAM

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.03 for the present operating margin
  • 0.1 for the gross margin

The net margin for Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc stands at -0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -5.75, with -1.95 for asset returns.

Based on Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (RYAM), the company’s capital structure generated 0.51 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.2. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.02. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.1.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 39.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 4.33. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.64. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.50.

Conclusion

To put it simply, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc (RYAM) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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