Basic Materials
Mercer International Inc.(MERC)
Live Price
Offline$0.86
-2.27% today
1Y Change
-71.56%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $80.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -8.6%
- EPS Growth
- -485.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 6.5%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Mercer International Inc. (MERC) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $80.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $0.86 and down 71.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.6%, EPS growth of -485.8%, a dividend yield of 6.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.6%, EPS -485.8%, free cash flow -1459.1% with operating margin -9.7% and ROIC -10.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 6.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MERC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.6% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-9.7% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 30, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.6% and EPS is at -485.8%, with operating margin around -9.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 6.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 30, 2026 | โ | +2.7% | -0.9% | -17.0% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | -59.8% | +4.7% | +21.2% | -12.4% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -9.0% | -2.1% | -8.5% | -1.6% |
Benchmark Edge
MERC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MERC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MERC Max Drawdown
-81.65%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MERC and SPY.
Company Overview
Mercer International Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe, the United States, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Pulp and Wood Products. It also generates and sells green energy produced from biomass cogeneration power plant to third party utilities. In addition, the company manufactures, distributes, and sells lumber and other wood residuals. Further, it produces NBSK pulp primarily from wood chips, pulp logs, and sawlogs; carbon neutral or green energy using carbon-neutral bio-fuels, such as black liquor and wood waste; and tall oil for use as a chemical additive and green energy source. The company sells its pulp to tissue, specialty paper, and printing and writing paper, and other manufacturers; and lumber products to distributors, construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
- Leadership
- Juan Carlos Bueno
- IPO Date
- Jul 20, 1988
- Employees
- 3.6k
- Street Address
- 700 West Pender Street
- Mailing
- Vancouver, BC, V6C 1G8
- Region
- Vancouver, BC, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 16046628808
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 221.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.0
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.6%
- EPS
- -485.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -1459.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- -1.5%
- Operating Margin
- -9.7%
- Net Margin
- -26.7%
- ROE
- -151.9%
- ROIC
- -10.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 23.64
- Current Ratio
- 3.05
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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