Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) kicked off on Tuesday, down -6.51% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $2.61. Over the past 52 weeks, MERC has traded in a range of $2.37-$8.28.
Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Basic Materials sector was -54.02%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -159.45%. With a float of $39.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $66.98 million.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Paper & Paper Products Industry. The insider ownership of Mercer International Inc is 40.95%, while institutional ownership is 49.02%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 18 ’25, was worth 30,866. In this transaction Director of this company bought 10,000 shares at a rate of $3.09, taking the stock ownership to the 36,290 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 08 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 2,000 for $2.98, making the entire transaction worth $5,957. This insider now owns 12,065 shares in total.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Recent Fiscal highlights
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported -0.26 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 0.08) by -0.34. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.76 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -159.45% per share during the next fiscal year.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Mercer International Inc’s (MERC) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.73. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.08.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.63, a number that is poised to hit -0.94 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -1.06 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Mercer International Inc (MERC)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.56 million, its volume of 0.62 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 54.81%.
During the past 100 days, Mercer International Inc’s (MERC) raw stochastic average was set at 3.33%, which indicates a significant decrease from 14.51% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.13 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.17 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.90, while its 200-day Moving Average is $4.42. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $2.56 in the near term. At $2.68, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $2.74. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.38, it is likely to go to the next support level at $2.31. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $2.19.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 163.44 million has total of 66,983K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,043 M in contrast with the sum of -85,140 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 453,520 K and last quarter income was -86,070 K.
