MERC vs. RYAM, CLW, MTAL, LEU, EXK, DRD, TGB, GATO, PACK, and NFGC
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Centrus Energy (LEU), Endeavour Silver (EXK), DRDGOLD (DRD), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gatos Silver (GATO), Ranpak (PACK), and New Found Gold (NFGC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.03, suggesting that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.15% compared to Rayonier Advanced Materials' net margin of -12.14%. Mercer International's return on equity of -6.80% beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mercer International had 10 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mercer International and 3 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 0.23 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercer International received 80 more outperform votes than Rayonier Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave Rayonier Advanced Materials an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
Rayonier Advanced Materials presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.70%. Mercer International has a consensus target price of $9.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.81%. Given Mercer International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Mercer International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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