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Wall Street analysts forecast SLVM stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SLVM is 61.67 USD with a low forecast of 53.00 USD and a high forecast of 75.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
3 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast SLVM stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SLVM is 61.67 USD with a low forecast of 53.00 USD and a high forecast of 75.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
2 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 50.420
Low
53.00
Averages
61.67
High
75.00
Current: 50.420
Low
53.00
Averages
61.67
High
75.00
BofA
George Staphos
Buy
downgrade
$59 -> $57
2026-01-05
Reason
BofA
George Staphos
Price Target
$59 -> $57
AI Analysis
2026-01-05
downgrade
Buy
Reason
BofA analyst George Staphos lowered the firm's price target on Sylvamo to $57 from $59 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares.
RBC Capital
Sector Perform
maintain
$49 -> $53
2025-12-18
Reason
RBC Capital
Price Target
$49 -> $53
2025-12-18
maintain
Sector Perform
Reason
RBC Capital raised the firm's price target on Sylvamo to $53 from $49 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares as part of a broader research note previewing 2026 for Paper & Forest Products. 2025 was a challenging year for much of the forest products group, and with demand conditions seemingly remaining tepid into early 2026, the firm continues to prefer exposure to names where a supply response has either already played out to a significant degree - such as the containerboard group - or is seemingly in progress - such as lumber producers, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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BofA
George Staphos
Underperform
to
Buy
upgrade
$41 -> $59
2025-11-17
Reason
BofA
George Staphos
Price Target
$41 -> $59
2025-11-17
upgrade
Underperform
to
Buy
Reason
BofA analyst George Staphos upgraded Sylvamo to Buy from Underperform with a price target of $59, up from $41.
RBC Capital
Sector Perform
maintain
$47 -> $49
2025-11-10
Reason
RBC Capital
Price Target
$47 -> $49
2025-11-10
maintain
Sector Perform
Reason
RBC Capital raised the firm's price target on Sylvamo to $49 from $47 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares after its Q3 results. The firm has a positive view of Sylvamo's low-cost mill system and focus on deepening its cost competitiveness and returning cash to shareholders, although the company also faces a challenging outlook in Europe and some level of risk that imports continue to push into North America, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
About SLVM
Sylvamo Corporation is a paper company, which produces uncoated freesheet (UFS) for paper products such as cutsize and offset paper, as well as market pulp. The Company's segments include Europe, Latin America and North America. Europe segment produces a broad portfolio of uncoated freesheet papers for numerous uses and applications, and market pulp. The Company operates two integrated mills in the region, one in Saillat, France and one in Nymolla, Sweden. Its Saillat mill produces both paper and market pulp. Latin America segment is focused on uncoated freesheet paper and market pulp, supported by the management of approximately 250,000 acres of certified eucalyptus forestlands in Brazil. North America segment’s paper business manufactures uncoated freesheet papers at its mills in Eastover, South Carolina and Ticonderoga, New York. North America segment’s papers business comprises three product lines: Imaging Papers, Commercial Printing Papers and Converting Papers.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
