---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001597672-25-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYAM"
cik: "0001597672"
company_name: "RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:41:58.996073+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RYAM Q2 net loss $363M on $337M DTA write-off; cuts 2025 EBITDA guidance to $150-160M

## Summary
- Net loss of $363M ($5.44/diluted share) vs. prior-year income of $11M; includes $337M non-cash Canadian deferred tax asset write-off.
- Adjusted EBITDA from continuing ops of $28M; 2025 guidance reduced to $150-160M from prior plan, citing tariffs, operational disruptions.
- Net sales $340M, down 19% YoY; Cellulose Specialties volumes fell 15%, Paperboard volumes down 23%.
- Idling Paperboard for 2 weeks and High-Yield Pulp for 3 weeks in Q3 to align inventory and preserve cash.
- Long-term target of >$300M run-rate EBITDA by end of 2027 remains unchanged; sale process for Paperboard/HY-Pulp on hold.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001597672-25-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYAM
- cik: 0001597672
- company_name: RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000159767225000033/0001597672-25-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000159767225000033/ryam-20250805.htm

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