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.
Oct 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 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
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.
See the chart66.8, Accumulation
Reading 66.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex47.1% below
Price is 47.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 25 days
Reports on Nov 6, 2026, 25 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+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 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.
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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.
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.
Down 1.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 35 | +1.1% | +1.8% |
| Accumulation (current zone) | 298 | +0.4% | −1.2% |
| Neutral | 310 | −0.7% | −0.7% |
| Distribution | 26 | −0.8% | +1.0% |
| Selling | 13 | +0.8% | +9.2% |
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 →
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.
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.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SLVM in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in SLVM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Sylvamo has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Sylvamo reports on Nov 6, 2026 (25 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 6, 2026
25 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.03 est −$0.14 | $806.0M est $811.3M | +6.7% |
| May 8, 2026 | −$0.53 est −$0.25 | $755.0M est $740.8M | −5.8% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $1.08 est $1.05 | $890.0M est $858.8M | −1.3% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $1.44 est $1.57 | $846.0M est $858.8M | −0.5% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.37 est $0.47 | $794.0M est $855.2M | −11.6% |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.68 est $0.70 | $821.0M est $815.9M | −12.1% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.96 est $1.78 | $970.0M est $862.9M | −5.7% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $2.44 est $2.18 | $965.0M est $960.5M | −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.
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.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12 | Truist Financial | $40 | +28.4% |
| Oct 8 | Wells Fargo | $47 | +50.8% |
| Oct 7 | Wells Fargo | $47 | +50.8% |
| Sep 16 | Wells Fargo | $47 | +50.8% |
| Aug 10 | Truist Financial | $49 | +57.3% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Sylvamo averaged +7.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
| Window | Average | Years 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’s market cap is $1.24B, with a P/E ratio of 17.3 and revenue of $3.30B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Sylvamo this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 3 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
Sylvamo’s 4 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| IPInternational Paper | Accumulation | 12.4% below |
| AVYAvery Dennison | Accumulation | 4.2% below |
| CLWClearwater Paper | Accumulation | 23.9% below |
| MERCMercer International | Buying | 56.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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