
UPM-Kymmene Oyj (UPMKF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
45% below intrinsic value ($63)
UPM-Kymmene Oyj (UPMKF) — VMCI valuation read
Headline read on UPMKF: VMCI of 51/100 versus a Basic Materials sector median of 50. The 1-point above-median position is what makes UPM-Kymmene Oyj a relative-value candidate in the mid-cap cohort, before any pillar-level review.
Form 4 filings on UPMKF: zero in the trailing 30 days. The absence of insider transactions is itself a data point, just a low-information one. The thesis runs on financials and price action until that changes.
**Investor frame.** Three reads on UPMKF: value (UPMKF trades at 25.0x earnings, 39% above the Basic Materials median of 18.0x), quality (ROIC of 15.0% sits 5.0pp above the Basic Materials median (10.0%)), and risk (net debt to EBITDA of 1.0x leaves covenant headroom). The value read also implies an EV/EBITDA gap of +4.0x against the Basic Materials 12.0x baseline.
UPMKF fell 2.1% over the trailing 7 days, with a -0.4% read on a 30-day basis.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj engages in the forest-based bio industry. It operates through UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Plywood, and Other operations segments. The company provides softwood, birch, and eucalyptus pulp for tissue, specialty, and graphic papers and packaging; sawn timber for joinery, packaging, furniture, planning, and construction industries; and wood-based renewable diesel and renewable naphtha for the petrochemical industry. It is also involved in the generation of electricity through hydro and nuclear power plants. In addition, the company offers self-adhesive label materials for branding and promotion, information, and functional labelling in the food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, and logistics segments; and label papers, release base papers, office papers, and flexible packaging for labelling, packing, commercial siliconizing, and printing, as well as graphic papers for advertising, publishing, and home and office use. Further, it provides plywood and veneer products for construction, vehicle flooring, liquefied natural gas shipbuilding, and parquet manufacturing, as well as for other industrial applications; wood and wood-based biomass, and forestry services for forest investors and owners; wood-based lignin products for industrial use and cell hydrogels for 3D cell culturing; UPM ProFi decking products and UPM formi granules; and biomedical products. The company primarily operates in Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. UPM-Kymmene Oyj was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
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