Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (SWM): Price and Financial Metrics

SWM POWR Grades

• SWM scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 85.21% of US stocks.
• SWM's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• SWM's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 21.19% of US stocks).

SWM Stock Summary

• With a price/sales ratio of 0.64, Schweitzer Mauduit International Inc has a higher such ratio than merely 15.34% of stocks in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 114.11%, Schweitzer Mauduit International Inc's debt growth rate surpasses 90.86% of about US stocks.
• Schweitzer Mauduit International Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is -64.68%, greater than the shareholder yield of only 6.5% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Schweitzer Mauduit International Inc are EPC, KAMN, TWI, ASH, and CNMD.
• SWM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Schweitzer Mauduit International Inc's official web site, go to www.swmintl.com.

SWM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, SWM's EV/EBIT ratio is 40.13% higher, now standing at 21.3.
• SWM's price/earnings ratio has moved up 4.2 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, SWM's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SWM.

SWM Growth Metrics

Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 0.86%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 1.54%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at -19.38%.

SWM's revenue has moved up $649,300,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows SWM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,440	58.1	88.9
2021-09-30	1,329	81.6	50.9
2021-06-30	1,224.7	132.1	63.2
2021-03-31	1,101.1	169.2	82.9
2020-12-31	1,074.4	161.6	83.8
2020-09-30	1,033.5	148.9	88.7

SWM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SWM has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 25.84% of graded US stocks.
• SWM's asset turnover comes in at 0.663 -- ranking 18th of 21 Business Supplies stocks.
• GLT, CLW, and RFP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SWM.

The table below shows SWM's key quality metrics over time.