NYSE: SLVM

Sylvamo (SLVM) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$31.16−1.49 (−4.6%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

Sylvamo slides to new 52-week lows this week, with shares touching $31.21 and then $30.57 intraday as the stock fell 6.2% in one session. The move follows a transition-year narrative tied to a mill outage and rising paper prices, with the company set to release third-quarter results on November 6. Wells Fargo initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $47.00 price target, while maintaining a Buy rating despite Sylvamo's mixed second-quarter results, which included a GAAP net loss of $11 million on quarterly revenue of $806 million.

Sylvamo closes at $31.16, down 4.6%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $35.99 and 200-day average of $41.27, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The stock is down 11.7% over one month, 17.7% over three months and 25.5% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 66.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, while the gap to Gekko Fair Value of $58.88 stands at -47.1%.

Earnings arrive on 6 November, 24 days out, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window and following a quarter in which adjusted EPS of $0.03 beat the -$0.14 estimate with a 6.7% reaction. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged +7.6% over five years, rising in all five instances, a pattern worth noting alongside the upcoming earnings date.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Sylvamo price vs fair value

$58.88$31.16Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $31.16200-day averageGekko Fair Value $58.88

Sylvamo quick facts

Market cap
$1.24B
P/E ratio
17.3
Forward P/E
7.1
EPS, TTM
$1.88
Revenue, TTM
$3.30B
Profit margin
2.3%
Dividend yield
5.50%
Beta
0.77
Volume
306,675 avg 374,641
1-year return
−25.5%
Typical daily move
±4.4%
Typical 20-day move
±7%
50-day average
$35.99
200-day average
$41.27
Next earnings
Nov 6
Shares outstanding
39.76M
52-week range
$30.40$56.80

Sylvamo swing-trade checklist

Sylvamo scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $31.16 is below the 50-day ($35.99) and 200-day ($41.27) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    66.8, Accumulation

    Reading 66.8 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    47.1% below

    Price is 47.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 25 days

    Reports on Nov 6, 2026, 25 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +7.6% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +7.6% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

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Sylvamo stock chart and price history

Sylvamo closed at $31.16 on Oct 12, 2026, −25.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $30.40 to $56.80.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Sylvamo share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$40$50NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct31.16

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−11.7%
3 months
−17.7%
6 months
−27.4%
1 year
−25.5%
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About Sylvamo

Sylvamo manufactures and sells uncoated freesheet paper along with cutsize, offset, and pulp products, reaching customers across Europe, Latin America, and North America. It is recognized for a wide range of branded paper lines, including copy and colored laser printing paper under REY, graphic and inkjet papers under Berga, and office and digital printing stock sold under names like Multicopy, Chamex, Chamequinho, and Chambril.

The company also makes imaging, commercial printing, and converting papers, along with copy paper suited for copiers and desktop or laser printers, carried under brands such as Hammermill, Springhill, Williamsburg, Accent, DRM, and Postmark. Production runs through a mix of integrated and non-integrated mills, and finished goods reach the market through retail, merchant, and online channels, with end users, converters, agents, resellers, and paper distributors as its customers.

Sylvamo traces its roots to 1898 and runs its operations from Memphis, Tennessee. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker SLVM.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Process industries
Industry
Pulp & paper
Website
sylvamo.com

Sylvamo GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Sylvamo’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 1.9 points over five sessions.

010066.8Accumulation

Down 1.9 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying35+1.1%+1.7%+1.8%−5.5%
Accumulation (current zone)298+0.4%−0.1%−1.2%−5.1%
Neutral310−0.7%−0.8%−0.7%−0.4%
Distribution26−0.8%0.0%+1.0%+4.9%
Selling13+0.8%+0.2%+9.2%+20.9%

Average SLVM share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Sylvamo stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Sylvamo trades 47.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $58.88, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Sylvamo shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$58.88

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

47.1% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 45.4% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$59$33Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Sylvamo insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Sylvamo, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for SLVM in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in SLVM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Sylvamo has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2025
$42.00M
As a share of market cap
3.39%
Trailing four quarters
$121.0M

From company filings.

Sylvamo earnings: next date and track record

Sylvamo reports on Nov 6, 2026 (25 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.

4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±7.3%average move across the report
1 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−14.7%Nov ’24−5.7%Feb ’25−12.1%May ’25−11.6%Aug ’25−0.5%Nov ’25−1.3%Feb ’26−5.8%May ’26+6.7%Aug ’26

Last earnings call, Aug 7, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Sylvamo's Q2 2026 adjusted EBITDA more than doubled sequentially to $60 million (7% margin), with adjusted operating earnings of $0.03 per share. Free cash flow was -$23 million, a $36 million sequential improvement. Price/mix contributed $32 million favorably as price increases were implemented across all regions. The company is advancing lean transformation initiatives at multiple mills and progressing strategic investments at Eastover.
Guidance
Management expects H2 price and mix to improve $75-85 million versus H1, driven by continued price realization across all regions through Q3-Q4. Latin America volume expected to benefit from seasonal demand, though North America volume faces partial offsets.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 7, 2026$0.03
est −$0.14
+121.4%$806.0M
est $811.3M
−0.6%+6.7%
May 8, 2026−$0.53
est −$0.25
−112.0%$755.0M
est $740.8M
+1.9%−5.8%
Feb 12, 2026$1.08
est $1.05
+2.9%$890.0M
est $858.8M
+3.6%−1.3%
Nov 7, 2025$1.44
est $1.57
−8.3%$846.0M
est $858.8M
−1.5%−0.5%
Aug 8, 2025$0.37
est $0.47
−21.3%$794.0M
est $855.2M
−7.2%−11.6%
May 9, 2025$0.68
est $0.70
−2.9%$821.0M
est $815.9M
+0.6%−12.1%
Feb 12, 2025$1.96
est $1.78
+10.1%$970.0M
est $862.9M
+12.4%−5.7%
Nov 12, 2024$2.44
est $2.18
+11.9%$965.0M
est $960.5M
+0.5%−14.7%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Sylvamo stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Sylvamo is $50.40, +61.7% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$50.40consensus 12-month target, +61.7% from the last close
Low $40High $47
Buy2
Hold2
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 12Truist FinancialBuy, maintained$40+28.4%
Oct 8Wells FargoBuy, maintained$47+50.8%
Oct 7Wells FargoBuy, maintained$47+50.8%
Sep 16Wells FargoBuy, initiated$47+50.8%
Aug 10Truist FinancialBuy, reiterated$49+57.3%
−1.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+7.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Sylvamo seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Sylvamo averaged +7.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+3.6%2021+8.5%2022+6.0%2023+13.4%2024+4.5%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+5.0%5 of 5
Next 10 trading days+4.6%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+5.0%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+7.6%5 of 5
Next 30 trading days+14.3%5 of 5

For scale, SLVM’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 7%.

Sylvamo market cap and key statistics

Sylvamo’s market cap is $1.24B, with a P/E ratio of 17.3 and revenue of $3.30B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.24B
P/E ratio
17.3
Forward P/E
7.1
EPS, TTM
$1.88
Gekko Fair Value
$58.88

Trading

Volume
306,675
Avg volume, 20 days
374,641
52-week high
$56.80
52-week low
$30.40
Shares outstanding
39.76M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$3.30B
Profit margin
2.3%
Return on equity
7.9%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−57.2%

Risk and income

Beta
0.77
Typical daily move
±4.4%
Typical 20-day move
±7%
Dividend yield
5.50%

Sylvamo stock news this week

Coverage of Sylvamo this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 3 neutral and 2 negative headlines.

News sentiment neutral

Sylvamo peers

Sylvamo’s 4 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
IPInternational Paper−0.4%Accumulation12.4% below
AVYAvery Dennison+0.5%Accumulation4.2% below
CLWClearwater Paper−0.8%Accumulation23.9% below
MERCMercer International−21.3%Buying56.6% below

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Sylvamo stock FAQ

What is Sylvamo’s market cap?

Sylvamo’s market cap is $1.24B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $31.16, with 39.76M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 17.3.

What is the Sylvamo stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Sylvamo is $50.40, +61.7% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Sylvamo stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Sylvamo is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $31.16 is 47.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $58.88. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Sylvamo report earnings next?

Sylvamo is expected to report on Nov 6, 2026 (25 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.28 per share on revenue of $848.7M. Sylvamo beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 7.3% on average across the report.

What is Sylvamo’s 52-week high and low?

Sylvamo’s 52-week high is $56.80 and its 52-week low is $30.40; it closed at $31.16 on Oct 12, 2026, −25.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $98.02 on Nov 11, 2024.

Is Sylvamo stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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