Mercer International Inc.
General ticker "MERC" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Paper & Forest Products
- Capitalization: $310.6M (TTM average)
Mercer International Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -13.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.7%: low 1.80$, high 1.94$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-06-26, amount 0.07$ (Y14.97%)
- Total employees count: 3580 as of 2024
- US accounted for 0.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Industry cyclicity, Climate change and natural disasters, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Capital requirements, Insurance and transportation reliance
- Current price 31.4% below estimated low
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [2.73$, 6.33$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [2.26$, 5.19$]
Financial Metrics affecting the MERC estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -15.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 0.74
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 21.00 > 13.24
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 11.30 > 10.33
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 18.99 <= 41.86
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -2.17 <= -0.75
- Positive: -8.75 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -2.18
- Negative: negative Net income
Short-term MERC quotes
Long-term MERC plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,280.94MM | $1,993.84MM | $2,019.71MM |
| Operating Expenses | $1,888.57MM | $2,182.62MM | $2,004.71MM |
| Operating Income | $392.37MM | $-188.77MM | $15.01MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-47.06MM | $-81.05MM | $-101.92MM |
| Interest Expense | $71.50MM | $88.25MM | $109.15MM |
| Income(Loss) | $345.30MM | $-269.82MM | $-86.92MM |
| Taxes | $98.26MM | $-27.77MM | $-1.77MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $247.04MM | $-242.06MM | $-85.14MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $838.78MM | $635.41MM | $429.77MM |
| Inventory | $450.47MM | $414.16MM | $361.68MM |
| Assets | $2,725.04MM | $2,662.58MM | $2,262.93MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $360.66MM | $-69.00MM | $90.20MM |
| Capital expenditure | $178.74MM | $136.32MM | $84.32MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-424.61MM | $-199.87MM | $-66.99MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $80.90MM | $228.62MM | $-152.78MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.74 | $-3.65 | $-1.27 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.