Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026)
Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -4.68% in Q2 2026, down 2.91 percentage points from -1.77% a year earlier and down 0.26 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Rayonier Advanced Materials reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.32%, down 1.86 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +0.97 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 2.18% in FY2024 (+5.26 pp), -3.08% in FY2023 (-4.60 pp), 1.53% in FY2022 (+1.87 pp) and -0.34% in FY2021 (+0.31 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q3 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.11 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 5.42 percentage points in Q4 2024, against a drop of 4.84 percentage points in Q1 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -4.42% (Q1 2026), 0.37% (Q4 2025) and 0.39% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 221.03 Bn | 204.14 Bn | 4.43 Bn | 10.79% |
| 2 | Corning | 141.47 Bn | 134.60 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 10.44% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 77.59 Bn | 76.63 Bn | 3.34 Bn | 19.18% |
| 4 | Air Products & Chemicals | 61.84 Bn | 59.74 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 0.00% |
| 5 | LyondellBasell Industries | 37.84 Bn | 27.46 Bn | 2.04 Bn | 4.14% |
| 6 | Nutrien | 33.77 Bn | 30.64 Bn | 3.25 Bn | 11.88% |
| 7 | Qnity Electronics | 27.51 Bn | 24.93 Bn | 666.00 Mn | 8.31% |
| 8 | Ati | 26.21 Bn | 24.36 Bn | 309.80 Mn | 14.85% |
| 9 | Ppg Industries | 23.37 Bn | 16.17 Bn | 1.81 Bn | 11.51% |
| 10 | Rayonier Advanced Materials | 480.88 Mn | 215.68 Mn | 22.95 Mn | -4.68% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | -4.68% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -4.42% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.37% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 0.39% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -1.77% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 0.43% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.19% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -1.63% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | -1.46% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -3.29% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.23% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.54% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 3.31% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.57% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | -0.25% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | -1.68% |
| Mar 26, 2022 | -0.94% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.35% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | -0.39% |
API Access
Rayonier Advanced Materials Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=RYAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "RYAM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=RYAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();