MERC vs. MATV, RYAM, PACK, MAGN, VIRC, DSY, ILAG, ITP, SUZ, and REYN
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Mativ (MATV), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Ranpak (PACK), Magnera (MAGN), Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Suzano (SUZ), and Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Mercer International vs. Its Competitors
Mativ (NYSE:MATV) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Mativ currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.75%. Mercer International has a consensus price target of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 63.46%. Given Mercer International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mercer International is more favorable than Mativ.
95.0% of Mativ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Mativ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mercer International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mativ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mativ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mativ has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mativ and Mativ both had 4 articles in the media. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Mativ's score of -0.34 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mativ pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Mativ pays out -4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercer International pays out -18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mativ has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Mercer International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mercer International has a net margin of -5.60% compared to Mativ's net margin of -23.09%. Mativ's return on equity of 4.12% beat Mercer International's return on equity.
Summary
Mativ and Mercer International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MERC) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
