Assetmark Inc. Buys 12,500 Shares of Sylvamo Corporation $SLVM

Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of Sylvamo Corporation (NYSE:SLVM) by 44.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 40,733 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,500 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. owned approximately 0.10% of Sylvamo worth $1,801,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fourth Sail Capital LP bought a new position in shares of Sylvamo during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $8,146,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Sylvamo in the 2nd quarter worth about $445,000. Intech Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sylvamo by 47.5% in the 2nd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 26,758 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,341,000 after purchasing an additional 8,618 shares during the last quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in Sylvamo by 45.7% during the 2nd quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 6,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $336,000 after purchasing an additional 2,100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC boosted its position in Sylvamo by 74.4% in the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 158,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,941,000 after buying an additional 67,616 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.16% of the company’s stock.

More Sylvamo News

Here are the key news stories impacting Sylvamo this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sidoti raised its Q4 2027 EPS estimate to $1.50 from $1.40, a modest upward revision that suggests some improvement in end‑of‑year expectations for FY2027. (This is the only upgrade in the Sidoti noteset.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Sylvamo’s CEO will host meetings at BofA’s 2026 Global Agriculture & Materials Conference — a routine investor outreach event that can increase management access but is not itself material news. Sylvamo CEO to Host Meetings
• Negative Sentiment: Sidoti cut its FY2026 EPS view sharply to $2.95 from $5.25, signaling a large downward reset to near‑term profitability expectations.
• Negative Sentiment: Sidoti trimmed FY2027 EPS to $5.55 from $6.30, reducing medium‑term earnings visibility and weighing on investor sentiment for next‑year growth.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple quarter-level downgrades: Q1 2026 to ($0.20) from $1.09, Q2 2026 to $0.65 from $1.27, Q4 2026 to $0.95 from $1.23, Q1 2027 to $0.90 from $1.30, Q2 2027 to $1.15 from $1.45 and Q3 2027 to $2.00 from $2.15 — these widespread cuts indicate Sidoti expects weaker results across 2026–27 than previously forecast.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SLVM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Bank of America raised shares of Sylvamo from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $41.00 to $59.00 in a report on Monday, November 17th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Sylvamo in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $53.00 price objective on shares of Sylvamo in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $56.00.

Sylvamo Stock Down 0.5%

NYSE:SLVM opened at $47.49 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.57, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.50. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $49.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.36. Sylvamo Corporation has a 52-week low of $37.51 and a 52-week high of $73.73.

Sylvamo (NYSE:SLVM) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.05 by $0.03. Sylvamo had a return on equity of 15.12% and a net margin of 3.94%.The company had revenue of $890.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $858.76 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.96 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that Sylvamo Corporation will post 7.45 EPS for the current year.

Sylvamo Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 5th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, January 5th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.8%. Sylvamo’s dividend payout ratio is presently 55.21%.

About Sylvamo

Sylvamo Corporation, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SLVM, is a leading global producer of uncoated freesheet paper. The company was established in October 2021 through a spin-off from International Paper, creating an independent entity focused exclusively on the development, manufacturing and marketing of high-quality uncoated paper products. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, Sylvamo draws on decades of industry experience inherited from its predecessor, positioning itself to meet evolving customer needs in paper-based communications and packaging applications.

The company’s core product portfolio includes office and digital print papers, direct mail and marketing materials, catalog and commercial printing papers, and a range of specialty and value-added grades.