Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$0.68
-4.23% today
1Y Change
-79.77%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 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 $0.68 and down 79.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
MERC is 98.62 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
MERC had 74.63 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
MERC beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
MERC
-79.77%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.85%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-98.62 pts
Relative to SPY
MERC Max Drawdown
-83.76%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MERC and SPY.
| Year | MERC | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -63.88% | +6.71% | -70.59 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -43.43% | +11.19% | -54.62 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
6.52%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.00
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 3, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | Oct 3, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 | Oct 4, 2023 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Jun 28, 2023 | Jul 6, 2023 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 | Apr 5, 2023 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Dec 21, 2022 | Dec 29, 2022 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Sep 28, 2022 | Oct 5, 2022 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 7, 2022 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Mar 30, 2022 | Apr 6, 2022 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 7, 2021 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 7, 2021 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | Dec 30, 2020 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Oct 6, 2020 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 | Jul 7, 2020 | $0.07 | $0.07 | Quarterly |
| Mar 24, 2020 | Mar 25, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 | Oct 2, 2019 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Jun 24, 2019 | Jul 3, 2019 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Mar 27, 2019 | Apr 3, 2019 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Dec 12, 2018 | Dec 13, 2018 | Dec 20, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Sep 26, 2018 | Oct 3, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | Apr 4, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Dec 26, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 | Jan 4, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Sep 26, 2017 | Sep 27, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Jun 27, 2017 | Jul 6, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Mar 28, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Dec 20, 2016 | Dec 22, 2016 | Jan 4, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 26, 2016 | Oct 4, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Jun 27, 2016 | Jul 7, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Mar 23, 2016 | Mar 28, 2016 | Apr 5, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Dec 23, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 | Jan 5, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Sep 24, 2015 | Sep 28, 2015 | Oct 5, 2015 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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