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Rayonier Inc.RYNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Timberland REIT that owns and manages softwood timberlands, primarily in the US South and Pacific Northwest.

Momentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$6.45B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$70.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.23×
price to book
ROE
2.0%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.9%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB / BBB
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
89 days
3 Feb 2027
Close · USD$21.55
1D-1.6%
1W+11.2%
1M+15.9%
3M-0.7%
6M+5.5%
YTD-0.5%
1Y-2.4%
ATR %2.8%
Beta-0.00
52w lowhigh13.2% off high

What Rayonier does

Timberland REIT that owns and manages softwood timberlands, primarily in the US South and Pacific Northwest.

Sells logs from trees it has grown, cutting less when markets are weak so the trees keep growing, and sells land worth more for housing or recreation than as forest. The 2020 merger with Pope Resources added Pacific Northwest timberland and a business managing timber funds for outside investors. New Zealand logs go largely to Asia.

Products and services

  • Softwood sawtimber/pulpwood harvesting
  • Timberland real estate sales (higher-and-better-use)
  • New Zealand timber operations

Customers

  • Sawmills, pulp/paper mills and wood-products manuf

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Timber REITs
  • Timberland ownership/management

What could go right

  • Housing starts driving lumber demand
  • Carbon/mitigation banking on timberland

What could go wrong

  • Housing/lumber demand cyclicality
  • Weather/wildfire and pest risk to timber stands

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Large, well-located timberland acreage near mills is scarce and slow to replicate given multi-decade growth cycles.

Headquarters: Wildlight, Florida, United States · Founded: 1939 · Employees: 285

Named competitors

Rayonier at a glance

Size Rayonier (RYN) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $6.45B, the 1009th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $21.55 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.5%, against +1.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 12.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.4%); the operating margin is 14.9% (peer median 41.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.23× book value against a peer median of 1.50× (8th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; Rayonier delivers 2.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Rayonier has 1 bond outstanding ($450M), rated BBB by the agencies and trading like BBB at a weighted spread of 108 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 5.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026RYN 106Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Rayonier against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Rayonier financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$968M$484M$988M$1.06B$909M
Revenue growth—-51%-7%+16%—
Gross profit$234M$158M$441M$295M$222M
EBITDA$331M$197M$480M$469M$306M
Net income$75.8M$474M$359M$173M$107M
Free cash flow$243M$207M$199M$217M$194M
Capital expenditure$70.4M$50.0M$62.1M$81.4M$74.8M
Total debt$1.89B$1.06B$1.06B$1.46B$1.61B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Rayonier competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%0%+10%HREPRTVNOLMP8951GPTBLNDMACSTAGFRTRNOCHCPECOCOVCDPLANDSBRAGFCSGPRYN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Rayonier is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%2.50×50×7.50×HREPRTVNOLMPGPTMACSTAGFRCHCCOVSBRAGFCOUTRYNReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Rayonier is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%60%80%0%25%50%75%HREPRTVNOLMP8951MACFRCHCCDPOUTRYNROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Rayonier is the large dot.

Rayonier competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (RYN vs WY)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Rayonier RYN$6.45B+6%-13%2%1.23×10.9%
Weyerhaeuser WY$15.1B-10%-1%5%1.61×13.6%

How Rayonier compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Rayonier against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRYNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+15.9%+8.9%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+5.5%+1.7%8th highest of 21
Return on equity2.0%7.7%5th lowest of 21
Price / book1.23×1.50×8th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E47.8×22.2×2nd most expensive of 18
ROE the price implies10.9%12.8%4th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered2.0%7.7%5th lowest of 21
Bond spread108 bp106 bp6th tightest of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Rayonier RYNUnited States$6.45B+6%-13%2%1.23×10.9%2.0%
Healthcare Realty Trust HRUnited States$6.50B-5%-6%-2%1.56×11.9%-2.0%
Essential Properties Realty Trust EPRTUnited States$6.21B-11%+21%6%1.36×11.1%6.3%
Vornado Realty Trust VNOUnited States$6.70B+11%+2%0%1.44×17.3%0.2%
LondonMetric Property LMP.LUnited Kingdom$6.16B+2%+17%7%0.93×12.6%6.7%
Nippon Building Fund 8951.TJapan$6.75B-8%-21%6%1.41×5.3%5.9%
GPT GPT.AXAustralia$6.88B+11%-8%10%0.92×11.0%10.0%
British Land BLND.LUnited Kingdom$5.94B+17%+15%8%0.73×11.6%7.8%
Macerich MACUnited States$7.04B+14%+9%-14%2.50×33.9%-14.5%
STAG Industrial STAGUnited States$7.06B-6%+9%8%1.93×15.5%7.6%
First Industrial Realty Trust FRUnited States$7.13B-14%+9%13%2.57×20.9%13.2%
Terreno Realty TRNOUnited States$7.24B0%+18%9%1.61×14.0%9.2%
Charter Hall CHC.AXAustralia$7.26B+14%-19%37%18.01×213.5%36.9%
Phillips Edison & PECOUnited States$5.72B+2%+7%8%2.17×12.9%7.8%
Covivio COV.PAFrance$5.64B-16%+5%8%0.59×8.2%7.9%
COPT Defense Properties CDPUnited States$7.43B+4%+7%11%2.42×17.3%11.2%
Land Securities LAND.LUnited Kingdom$7.51B+20%+7%5%0.77×11.9%5.3%
Sabra Health Care REIT SBRAUnited States$5.51B+1%+21%3%1.94×13.0%2.5%
Gecina GFC.PAFrance$5.47B-8%+1%2%0.48×6.9%1.6%
OUTFRONT Media OUTUnited States$5.42B-9%+8%36%7.82×77.8%36.2%
Stockland SGP.AXAustralia$7.74B+15%+15%10%1.04×11.7%9.5%

Rayonier bonds and credit

Rayonier has 1 bond outstanding with $450M face value. The agencies rate it BBB; its bonds trade like BBB. Weighted yield 5.67%, a spread of 108 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Rayonier's main competitors?
Named competitors: Weyerhaeuser (WY), PotlatchDeltic (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), LondonMetric Property (LMP.L), Nippon Building Fund (8951.T), GPT (GPT.AX).
Is Rayonier expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.23× against a peer median of 1.50×, 8th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; Rayonier delivers 2.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Rayonier stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.5% against +1.7% for the median peer; over one year -2.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.