NASDAQ:MERCMercer International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mercer International's stock was trading at $7.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MERC shares have increased by 7.5% and is now trading at $7.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercer International in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Mercer International.

Mercer International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Mercer International.

Mercer International will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ:MERC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The basic materials company reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.03. The basic materials company earned $350.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $383.99 million. Mercer International had a negative return on equity of 10.64% and a negative net margin of 4.34%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 27.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share. View Mercer International's earnings history.

Mercer International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.065 per share on Tuesday, July 7th. This represents a $0.26 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 24th. View Mercer International's dividend history.

5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Mercer International's shares. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate Mercer International's stock price to reach $10.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Mercer International.

Media stories about MERC stock have trended positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Mercer International earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Mercer International.

Mercer International saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,330,000 shares, an increase of 82.8% from the June 15th total of 727,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 250,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 3.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Mercer International's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of MERC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.77.

Mercer International has a market capitalization of $511.27 million and generates $1.62 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-9,640,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.08) on an earnings per share basis. Mercer International employs 2,325 workers across the globe.

The official website for Mercer International is mercerint.com.

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.