Forensic Analysis · Paper & Forest Products · as of Nov 10, 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM)
A forensic read on Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
0.9
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
-81.6%
ROE
-10.1%
Revenue growth
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 0.9, placing it in the Distress zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by inventory days.
What the filings flag
60d
FY2024→FY2025
Inventory days.Days inventory outstanding moved from 52 to 60 FY2024→FY2025 (against cost of goods sold; inventory +14% vs -8% in cost of sales). Inventory is outrunning what's being sold — a flag for softening demand or obsolescence risk ahead.
0.2%
FY2025
Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is 0.2% in the latest fiscal year, against -2.9% in FY2023, having run between -2.9% and 1.8% across FY2023–FY2025 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was ($52M) in FY2023 and $3M in FY2025, with operating income at -4.0% of revenue in FY2023, 2.4% in FY2024 and 0.3% in FY2025. The capital base behind it came down -15% across FY2023–FY2025, from $1.8B to $1.5B, so this return is struck on a smaller base than it started on. FY2023's operating profit carried a $62M asset write-down that alone took about 2.8 points off that year's return, so about 2.8 of the 3.1-point rise across FY2023–FY2025 is that charge leaving the base year rather than the capital earning more. FY2024's operating profit carried a $25M asset write-down and a $17M restructuring charge that alone took about 2.0 points off that year's return; FY2024 sits between the two ends of FY2023–FY2025, so the charge shapes the path between them without moving the change across it. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$1.47B
Revenue Growth YoY-10.1%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)-5.5%
Net Margin-28.7%
Return on Equity-81.6%
Debt / Equity2.46x
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