Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR
SUZ Basic Materials Paper & Paper Products
Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.0 billion, up 2.13% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.26%, EPS fell 59.2%, free cash flow grew 85.2% and total debt rose 13.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR (SUZ) Altman Z-score
Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.20, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.20 | 0.06 |
| FY2024 | 1.15 | (0.40) |
| FY2023 | 1.55 | (0.22) |
| FY2022 | 1.76 | 0.19 |
| FY2021 | 1.58 | 0.45 |
| FY2020 | 1.13 | 0.28 |
| FY2019 | 0.85 | (0.91) |
| FY2018 | 1.76 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.18 | — | 0.22 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.12 | — | 0.17 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.06 | — | 0.21 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.52 | — | 0.31 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.30 | — | 0.30 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.20 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 2.36 | ||
Z and Z″ put Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR in different zones: distress zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| SLVM Sylvamo Corporation compare | 3.6× |
| CLW Clearwater Paper Corporation compare | 2.1× |
| SUZ Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR | 1.2× |
| ITP IT Tech Packaging Inc compare | 1.1× |
| MERC Mercer International Inc. compare | 0.5× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets