Suzano (NYSE:SUZ – Get Free Report) is one of 17 public companies in the “Paper mills” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Suzano to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Suzano and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Suzano | 47.44% | 64.65% | 17.21% |
| Suzano Competitors | 7.59% | 18.89% | 6.66% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Suzano and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Suzano | $9.65 billion | $4.53 billion | 3.19 |
| Suzano Competitors | $5.57 billion | $686.61 million | 29.23 |
Risk and Volatility
Suzano has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suzano’s peers have a beta of 1.31, suggesting that their average share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Suzano and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Suzano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Suzano Competitors | 113 | 718 | 474 | 49 | 2.34 |
As a group, “Paper mills” companies have a potential upside of 30.43%. Given Suzano’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Suzano has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Dividends
Suzano pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Suzano pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Paper mills” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.8% and pay out 58.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Suzano has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
2.6% of Suzano shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.7% of shares of all “Paper mills” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of shares of all “Paper mills” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Suzano beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
About Suzano
Suzano S.A. produces and sells eucalyptus pulp and paper products in Brazil and internationally. It operates through Pulp and Paper segments. The company offers coated and uncoated printing and writing papers, paperboards, tissue papers, and market and fluff pulps; and lignin. It also engages in the research, development, and production of biofuel; operation of port terminals; power generation and distribution business; commercialization of equipment and parts; industrialization, commercialization, and exporting of pulp and standing wood; road freight transport; biotechnology research and development; and commercialization of paper and computer materials. In addition, the company is involved in the business office, production packaging, and financial fundraising activities; research, development, production, commercialization, and distribution of wood-based textile fibers, yarns, and filaments produced from cellulose and microfibrillated cellulose; and research and development of wood raw materials for the textile industry. Suzano S.A. was formerly known as Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. and changed its name to Suzano S.A. in April 2019. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Salvador, Brazil.
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