Company Analysis

Sylvamo Corporation (SLVM)

NYSE: SLVM · Paper Mills · Memphis, TN · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade5.6
◀ Past 6.0● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.7

The grade of Sylvamo Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past6.030% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 7 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.0 billion in fiscal 2019 to $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025, down 3% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-3.0%bottom 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak40.6%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.9% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Sylvamo Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 2.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-20 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 65%: owes 65¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Sylvamo Corporation earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 65 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 39% of its family
  • return on equitytop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 19 in its family; net margin 3.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 3.9% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of -2.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.35Btop 47% of its family
  • net margin3.9%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.6%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sims, John V (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-03, 8 months (bottom 12% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.1 years (bottom 29%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 20%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 18 peopletop 20% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.1 yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $135 million against debt of $763 million leaves -22.7% of its assets as net cash, top 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.3% of revenue (bottom 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-22.7%top 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.3%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.6% a year over the last three filed years against -3% over all 7, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew -11.2% (bottom 13%); capital spending grew 14.6% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Sylvamo Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: North America at $1.8 billion (52%), Latin America at $858 million (26%), Europe at $739 million (22%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.4 points a yeartop 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-11.2%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.6%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 25% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sylvamo Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 12.9% below the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 3% of its family); net income of $132 million against a prior three-year average of $224 million (bottom 31%); a net margin of 3.9% against 6% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-12.9%bottom 3% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-41%bottom 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.1 pointsbottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SLVM · research, not advice