Seaport Res Ptn Forecasts Rayonier’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:RYN)

Rayonier Inc. (NYSE:RYN) – Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Rayonier in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Weintraub anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.15 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Rayonier’s current full-year earnings is $0.55 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Rayonier’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Raymond James raised shares of Rayonier from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $31.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Rayonier from $32.00 to $30.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Rayonier from $33.00 to $30.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Rayonier from $32.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Rayonier from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 24th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $29.00.

Rayonier Price Performance

NYSE:RYN opened at $27.95 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.36 billion, a PE ratio of 11.84 and a beta of 1.00. Rayonier has a 52 week low of $24.88 and a 52 week high of $32.05. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $26.25 and its 200-day moving average price is $29.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.08. Rayonier had a return on equity of 3.86% and a net margin of 28.44%.

Institutional Trading of Rayonier

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Covestor Ltd boosted its stake in Rayonier by 135.7% in the third quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,782 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 1,026 shares in the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D boosted its stake in Rayonier by 1.2% in the third quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 65,078 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,094,000 after acquiring an additional 768 shares in the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Rayonier by 165.1% in the third quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,079 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new position in Rayonier in the third quarter valued at $338,000. Finally, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Rayonier during the third quarter worth about $311,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.12% of the company’s stock.

Rayonier announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, December 2nd that allows the company to buyback $300.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the real estate investment trust to buy up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Rayonier Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.2725 per share. This represents a $1.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.90%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 17th. Rayonier’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.19%.

About Rayonier

Rayonier is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2023, Rayonier owned or leased under long-term agreements approximately 2.7 million acres of timberlands located in the U.S.