MERC vs. RYAM, EXK, LEU, PACK, CLW, CMP, GATO, MTAL, TMC, and MUX
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Centrus Energy (LEU), Ranpak (PACK), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Gatos Silver (GATO), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), TMC the metals (TMC), and McEwen Mining (MUX). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Rayonier Advanced Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Mercer International pays out -8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rayonier Advanced Materials pays out -17.8% 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. Rayonier Advanced Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Mercer International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 6 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mercer International and 3 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Rayonier Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Mercer International's score of 0.13 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.03, suggesting that its share price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.15% compared to Mercer International's net margin of -12.14%. Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity of -6.80% beat Mercer International's return on equity.
Mercer International currently has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.51%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.36%. Given Rayonier Advanced Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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