Mercer International Inc.
General ticker "MERC" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
- Capitalization: $155.6M (TTM average)
Mercer International Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -25.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 7.8%: low 0.56$, high 0.66$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 3545 (-1.0%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 0.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Industry cyclicity, Liquidity and credit risks, Climate change and natural disasters, Geopolitical risks, Capital requirements
- Current price 42.4% below estimated low
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [1.14$, 3.18$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [1.37$, 3.50$]
Financial Metrics affecting the MERC estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -0.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.48 <= 0.80
- Positive: -9.70 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -4.05
- Positive: -0.03 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.36
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 3.33 <= 19.19
Short-term MERC quotes
Long-term MERC plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $1,993.84MM | $2,019.71MM | $1,868.07MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,182.62MM | $2,004.71MM | $2,265.82MM |
| Operating Income | $-188.77MM | $15.01MM | $-397.75MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-81.05MM | $-101.92MM | $-113.46MM |
| Interest Expense | $88.25MM | $109.15MM | $114.83MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-269.82MM | $-86.92MM | $-511.21MM |
| Taxes | $-27.77MM | $-1.77MM | $-13.32MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-242.06MM | $-85.14MM | $-497.89MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $635.41MM | $429.77MM | $68.06MM |
| Inventory | $414.16MM | $361.68MM | $359.40MM |
| Assets | $2,662.58MM | $2,262.93MM | $2,041.42MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-69.00MM | $90.20MM | $8.59MM |
| Capital expenditure | $136.32MM | $84.32MM | $88.58MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-199.87MM | $-66.99MM | $-81.33MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $228.62MM | $-152.78MM | $79.81MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-3.65 | $-1.27 | $-7.44 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.