SLVM vs GPK vs SUZ Stock Comparison

Sylvamo, Graphic Packaging Holding and Suzano Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLVM Sylvamo Corp
$32.44 -9.8% 1M -25.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.28B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.30B
Div. yield
–
Pulp and Paper Basic Materials
4 wins
SUZ Suzano S.A.
$8.90 +2.4% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$11.09B
P/E
7.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.04B
Div. yield
–
Pulp and Paper Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Suzano leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Suzano 7, Sylvamo 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSLVMGPKSUZLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.28B $2.51B $11.09B SUZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 12.9x 7.1x SUZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.6x 13.4x 6.2x SUZ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -7.1% +0.0% +0.7% SUZ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.3% 2.2% 17.2% SUZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.4% 4.3% 7.1% SLVM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 5.1x 3.1x SLVM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.2% -50.0% -2.4% SUZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.1%/yr -15.6%/yr +0.3%/yr SLVM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.4% 47.3% 29.8% SUZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 52/100 57/100 SLVM

Percentile Scorecard

SLVMGPKSUZ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSLVMGPKSUZ
Valuation 88 #35 of 287 93 #2 of 16 91 #28 of 287
Growth 11 #237 of 266 7 #15 of 16 17 #222 of 266
Profitability 64 #86 of 236 71 #5 of 15 76 #58 of 236
Financial Health 27 #211 of 288 15 #12 of 14 30 #202 of 288
Shareholder Returns 97 #8 of 203 75 #4 of 13 72 #58 of 203
Overall 57 52 57
  • SLVM ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • GPK ranked among 17 companies in Packaging
  • SUZ ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSLVMGPKSUZSPY
1 month -9.8%-7.4%+2.4% -0.2%
3 months -16.7%-25.4%+5.8% +3.9%
6 months -25.5%-10.6%-1.9% +8.2%
Year to date -32.6%-42.3%-4.7% +12.9%
1 year -25.2%-50.0%-2.4% +12.3%
3 years -25.4%-58.5%-14.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -9.3%-25.4%-5.0% +23.3%
5 years +16.5%-57.1%+1.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year +3.1%-15.6%+0.3% +10.9%
10 years —-31.0%+155.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year —-3.6%+9.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSLVMGPKSUZSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.4%47.3%29.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.3%47.8%27.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.620.880.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.66-1.06-0.08 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.4%-73.0%-41.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.7%-50.0%-22.3% -1.2%
52-week high $54.74$17.37$11.46 $779.14
52-week low $31.19$8.24$7.67 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSLVMGPKSUZ
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 18.1x 13.3xmedian 19.3x 7.1xmedian 18.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.8x 0.3xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 9.8x 7.5xmedian 9.4x 5.8xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -117.4xmedian 15.5x 13.6xmedian 15.6x 12.7xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.8x 0.8xmedian 1.4x 1.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -0.49median 0.76 -0.39median 0.82 -0.19median 0.76

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSLVMGPKSUZ
Revenue $3.30B $8.64B $9.04B
Gross profit $679.00M $1.34B $2.58B
Operating income $261.00M $504.00M $1.91B
Net income $76.00M $194.00M $1.56B
Free cash flow -$11.00M $189.00M $888.28M
EPS (diluted) $1.91 $0.65 $1.25
Cash & equivalents $227.00M $205.00M $3.21B
Total debt $3.55B $5.67B $17.89B
Shares (diluted) 39.80M 296.70M 1.24B
Enterprise value $1.16B $1.74B -$7.24B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSLVMGPKSUZ
P/E 17.0x 13.3x 7.1x
P/FCF -117.4x 13.6x 12.7x
P/Operating cash flow 6.2x 3.2x 3.6x
P/S 0.4x 0.3x 1.2x
P/B 1.4x 0.8x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.0x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 4.9x 7.5x 5.8x
EV/EBIT 8.2x 15.9x 12.6x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 0.9x 2.7x
EV/FCF -193.8x 42.5x 27.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.2x 10.1x 7.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.49 -0.39 -0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSLVMGPKSUZ
Revenue growth (1Y) -7.1% 0.0% 0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.2% -3.7% -1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.7% -26.6% -23.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.8% -13.6% -17.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -32.2% -45.9% -20.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -23.2% -24.2% -30.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -65.1% -63.7% 11.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -36.5% -35.0% -29.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -64.0% -63.1% 14.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -35.0% -34.1% -36.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -49.5% 3.1% -11.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.7% -10.1% -13.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -105.7% 147.8% -70.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.1% -28.6% -47.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSLVMGPKSUZ
Gross margin 20.6% 15.5% 28.6%
EBITDA margin 13.3% 12.4% 46.0%
Operating margin 7.9% 5.8% 21.1%
Pretax margin 4.3% 2.9% 25.9%
Net margin 2.3% 2.2% 17.2%
FCF margin -0.3% 2.2% 9.8%
Operating cash flow margin 6.3% 9.2% 34.8%
Return on equity 7.9% 6.0% 16.6%
Return on assets 2.7% 1.7% 4.8%
Return on invested capital 7.4% 4.3% 7.1%
Return on capital employed 12.4% 5.3% 6.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x 4.1x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSLVMGPKSUZ
Debt / assets 33.5% 48.6% 54.2%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.8x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.9x 5.1x 3.1x
Debt / FCF -87.6x 30.0x 20.1x
Liabilities / assets 66.8% 72.2% 70.9%
Equity / assets 33.2% 27.8% 29.1%
Interest coverage – 2.0x 1.4x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.4x 3.4x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 1.9x
Altman Z-score 3.20 1.34 1.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSLVMGPKSUZ
Dividend yield 5.5% 5.1% 2.4%
Net buyback yield 3.3% – –
Shareholder yield 8.8% 5.1% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSLVMGPKSUZ
Forward P/E 26.6xFY2026 13.4xFY2026 6.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.22FY2026 $0.65FY2026 $1.43FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -65.5%FY2026 -63.9%FY2026 -31.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +323.0% +44.6% -29.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.41BFY2026 $8.24BFY2026 $10.39BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.8%FY2026 -4.4%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.8% +0.2% +11.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSLVMGPKSUZ
Held by institutions 99.6% 100.0% 5.9%
Institutions holding 335 499 136
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +5.3% +0.6%
Institutions buying 162 322 77
Institutions selling 88 130 46
Buyers to sellers 1.84 2.48 1.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SLVMGPKSUZ
SLVM 1.00 0.47 0.28
GPK 0.47 1.00 0.08
SUZ 0.28 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SLVM, GPK and SUZ?

Suzano (SUZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sylvamo (SLVM) $1.28B, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) $2.51B, Suzano (SUZ) $11.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, SLVM, GPK and SUZ?

Suzano (SUZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sylvamo (SLVM) 16.8x, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 12.9x, Suzano (SUZ) 7.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Suzano (SUZ) is cheapest (Sylvamo (SLVM) 26.6x, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 13.4x, Suzano (SUZ) 6.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Suzano (SUZ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sylvamo (SLVM) -7.1%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) +0.0%, Suzano (SUZ) +0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Suzano (SUZ) has the highest net margin (Sylvamo (SLVM) 2.3%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 2.2%, Suzano (SUZ) 17.2%). On return on invested capital, Sylvamo (SLVM) leads (Sylvamo (SLVM) 7.4%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 4.3%, Suzano (SUZ) 7.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Suzano (SUZ) returned the most: Sylvamo (SLVM) -25.2%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) -50.0%, Suzano (SUZ) -2.4%. Over five years, Sylvamo (SLVM) compounded fastest (Sylvamo (SLVM) +3.1%/yr, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) -15.6%/yr, Suzano (SUZ) +0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Suzano (SUZ) has been the steadiest (Sylvamo (SLVM) 38.4%, Graphic Packaging Holding (GPK) 47.3%, Suzano (SUZ) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SLVM, GPK and SUZ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Suzano (SUZ) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.