MERC vs. MAGN, MATV, PACK, RYAM, VIRC, ILAG, DSY, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Magnera (MAGN), Mativ (MATV), Ranpak (PACK), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Mercer International vs.
Magnera (NYSE:MAGN) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Magnera had 9 more articles in the media than Mercer International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Magnera and 0 mentions for Mercer International. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 1.95 beat Magnera's score of 1.04 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercer International has a net margin of -4.17% compared to Magnera's net margin of -6.97%. Mercer International's return on equity of -5.18% beat Magnera's return on equity.
Magnera has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magnera currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.21%. Mercer International has a consensus target price of $4.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Magnera's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Magnera is more favorable than Mercer International.
Magnera has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.9% of Magnera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Magnera shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mercer International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mercer International received 359 more outperform votes than Magnera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.56% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Magnera an outperform vote.
Summary
Mercer International beats Magnera on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MERC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
