Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) reported $417 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 1.2%. EPS of -$0.28 for the same period compares to -$0.10 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +14.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $365.5 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.09, the EPS surprise was -211.11%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Rayonier Advanced Materials performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- High-Yield Pulp: $28 million versus $21 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Paperboard: $44 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $42.5 million.
- Revenues- Cellulose Commodities: $94 million versus $72.2 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Cellulose Specialties: $249 million versus $228.75 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Biomaterials: $10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.05 million.
- Revenues- Eliminations: $-8 million compared to the $-7 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- EBITDA from continuing operations- Cellulose Specialties: $70 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $69.5 million.
- EBITDA from continuing operations- Cellulose Commodities: $-7 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-6 million.
- EBITDA from operations- Corporate: $-18 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-14 million.
- EBITDA from operations- Paperboard: $4 million versus $3 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- EBITDA from operations- High-Yield Pulp: $-5 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-5 million.
- EBITDA from continuing operations- Biomaterials: $-1 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $3 million.
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Shares of Rayonier Advanced Materials have returned +21% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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