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Sylvamo Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Sylvamo Corp had return on equity of 14.6% and a net margin of 3.9%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin9.4%7.1%11.7%3.3%6.8%8.0%3.9%2.3%
Return on equity15.0%7.3%28.9%27.4%32.0%34.6%14.6%7.9%
Return on assets—5.8%12.0%4.4%9.1%11.0%4.9%2.7%
Effective tax rate24.9%8.4%30.8%28.1%31.4%25.4%33.7%46.1%
SG&A as % of revenue6.5%8.5%7.3%9.0%9.2%8.2%8.4%8.4%
Dividends ÷ net income—0.0%0.0%8.5%22.5%20.5%55.3%96.1%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.9bn
Short-term assets $1.1bnLonger-term assets $1.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.7bn
Short-term liabilities $752mShareholders' equity $955m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $752m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $123m of cash against $884m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 93% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 824% to 93% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $209m of operating cash flow against $884m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $176m against $52m of interest.

From Sylvamo Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Sylvamo's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 12 / 20

    Net income has been a median 7.9% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Durability 6 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 6.2%; its worst year was 2.3%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 5 years, at a median 5.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sylvamo Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sylvamo Corp.