SLVM
HoldUnloved QualityAI screen passSylvamo Corporation · Basic Materials · United States · $1.3B cap · $11.8M/day traded
$32.62 +0.2% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
StockRank down 2.2 since 24 Oct.
Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap; the market has not turned yet.
Report expected 6 Nov: the next-year EPS estimate has fallen 10.5% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Sylvamo Corporation (SLVM) is 52/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 51, Value 61, Momentum 34, each scored against its sector).
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Sylvamo clears the calibrated bar. All three legs are above the floor (Q58 V65 M52) and an active buyback provides the required corroboration. Nothing adverse survives the evidence test: the only insider figure on file is selling that rounds to 0.00% of shares outstanding, which the framework treats as unusable rather than adverse, and there is no negative earnings revision. Value at V65 is the strongest part of the case.
The ranks quoted here are from the day it was written; today's Quality, Value and Momentum are the bars above.
ABOUT SYLVAMO CORPORATION
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Sylvamo Corporation is a global producer of uncoated freesheet paper, manufacturing products for printing, writing, and converting applications worldwide, having spun off from International Paper. The company's competitive moat is built on its significant scale, efficient manufacturing operations, and global distribution network within a consolidating industry. Sylvamo is a pure-play leader in its segment, focusing on cost-effective production and sustainable forestry to meet the consistent demand for paper products.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.6B | 3.7B | 3.8B | 3.4B | -2.6% | 3.3B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 0.1% |
| EPS | 2.68 | 6.02 | 7.35 | 3.29 | 7.1% | 1.88 | 1.26 | 4.67 | 19.1% |
| Shares | 42.6M | 41.2M | 40.6M | 39.4M | -7.4% | 39.8M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 1.0B | 959.0M | 804.0M | 853.0M | -6.2% | 1.0B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 678.0M | 901.0M | 847.0M | 966.0M | 12.5% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 438.0M | 504.0M | 469.0M | 268.0M | -15.1% | 209.0M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | 180.0M | -377.0M | -221.0M | -224.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -470.0M | -219.0M | -310.0M | -125.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
Made a new 52-week low 10 trading days ago, 40% below its 52-week high. The fall has not stopped yet.
Calmer than 56% of stocks we rank over the past year (38% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SLVM are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLVM | Sylvamo Corporation(you) | $1.3B | 52 | Hold |
| CLW | Clearwater Paper Corporation | $311M | 45 | Hold |
| ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. | $1.1B | 50 | Hold |
| CMP | Compass Minerals International, Inc. | $893M | 51 | Hold |
| HUN | Huntsman Corporation | $1.5B | 46 | Hold |
| TGLS | Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. | $1.7B | 58 | Hold |
| LXU | LSB Industries, Inc. | $712M | 53 | Hold |
| MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc. | $2.0B | 47 | Hold |
| WS | Worthington Steel, Inc. | $2.0B | 57 | Hold |
| MTUS | Metallus Inc. | $846M | 63 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 0.6% · P/E 20.4x · Gross margin 27.5%
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