Mercer International Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercer International in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Mercer International stock.
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Mercer International saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,100,000 shares, a drop of 12.7% from the June 30th total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 244,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Mercer International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ:MERC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.10. Mercer International had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.91% and a negative net margin of 0.53%.
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Mercer International's stock was trading at $7.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MERC shares have increased by 60.9% and is now trading at $11.63.
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Mercer International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.065 per share on Wednesday, July 7th. This represents a $0.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 29th.
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Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.09%.
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5 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Mercer International's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $21.50. On average, they expect Mercer International's stock price to reach $16.12 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.6% from the stock's current price.
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1 employees have rated Mercer International CEO Jimmy S. H. Lee on Glassdoor.com. Jimmy S. H. Lee has an approval rating of 100% among Mercer International's employees. This puts Jimmy S. H. Lee in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Mercer International include Canfor (CFP), Centerra Gold (CG), Victrex (VTXPF), Fuchs Petrolub (FPE3), Livent (LTHM), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Tronox (TROX), Alacer Gold (ASR), Superior Plus (SPB), Domtar (UFS), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Stepan (SCL), Crescent Point Energy (CPG) and Orocobre (ORL).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mercer International investors own include Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), Hecla Mining (HL), Barnes Group (B), Caterpillar (CAT), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Teck Resources (TECK), CVS Health (CVS), Ford Motor (F) and Domtar (UFS).

Mercer International trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MERC."

Mercer International's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vancity Investment Management Ltd (0.72%). Company insiders that own Mercer International stock include Alan C Wallace, Alice Laberge, Eric Xavier Heine and Martha A M Morfitt.
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MERC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vancity Investment Management Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Mercer International stock in the last two years include Alan C Wallace, Alice Laberge, and Martha A M Morfitt.
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Shares of MERC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MERC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.63.

Mercer International has a market capitalization of $767.44 million and generates $1.42 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-17,240,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.26) on an earnings per share basis.

Mercer International employs 2,375 workers across the globe.

Mercer International was founded in 1968.

The official website for Mercer International is mercerint.com.

Mercer International is headquartered at 700 WEST PENDER STREET SUITE 1120, VANCOUVER A1, 98168.

Mercer International's mailing address is 700 WEST PENDER STREET SUITE 1120, VANCOUVER A1, 98168. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 206-674-4639.