Mercer International (MERC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mercer International in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MERC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MERC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Mercer International's shares. Their MERC share price targets range from $8.50 to $10.50. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $9.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%.
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Mercer International's stock was trading at $9.48 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, MERC stock has decreased by 0.3% and is now trading at $9.45.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 9th 2024.
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Mercer International will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, May 10th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ:MERC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported ($0.80) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.74) by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $470.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $508.46 million. Mercer International had a negative net margin of 12.14% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.17%. Mercer International's quarterly revenue was down 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS.

Mercer International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Thursday, April 4th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 26th.
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Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.24%.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV), RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF (RFDA) and Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM).iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD).

1 employees have rated Mercer International Chief Executive Officer Jimmy S. H. Lee on Glassdoor.com. Jimmy S. H. Lee has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Jimmy S. H. Lee in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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