---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001597672-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYAM"
cik: "0001597672"
company_name: "RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:21:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:22:14.398534+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RYAM Q2 loss from continuing ops improves to $33M; sales up 11% to $376M; strategic review to conclude in Q4

## Summary
- Net sales $376M (+11% YoY, +18% QoQ); loss from continuing ops $33M vs $81M in Q1 and $366M in prior-year Q2 (which included $337M deferred tax write-off).
- Adjusted EBITDA from continuing ops $40M, up 43% YoY and from $8M in Q1; Cellulose Specialties pricing +21% YoY.
- Strategic review remains top priority; expects to conclude and communicate path forward in Q4 2026.
- High Purity Cellulose segment operating income $29M (vs -$43M in Q1); Paperboard & High Yield Pulp operating loss $27M (includes $13M asset impairment).
- Liquidity $145M; net secured leverage 4.2x; full-year trajectory on track with positive free cash flow expected in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001597672-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYAM
- cik: 0001597672
- company_name: RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:21:03+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000159767226000027/0001597672-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000159767226000027/ryam-20260804.htm

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