On Monday, Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) was 9.18% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $1.96. A 52-week range for MERC has been $1.48 – $8.28.
Basic Materials Sector giant saw their annual sales slid by -54.02% over the last five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -187.01%. With a float of $38.58 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $66.98 million.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Mercer International Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Mercer International Inc is 42.40%, while institutional ownership is 42.34%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 12 ’25, was worth 498,650. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company bought 295,000 shares at a rate of $1.69, taking the stock ownership to the 1,520,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’25, when Company’s 10% Owner bought 225,000 for $1.73, making the entire transaction worth $389,500. This insider now owns 1,320,000 shares in total.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 12/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.25 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 0.05) by 0.2. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.74 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -187.01% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 37.73% during the next five years compared to -54.02% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Mercer International Inc (MERC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.68. 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 -2.58, a number that is poised to hit -0.85 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -1.38 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Mercer International Inc (MERC)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Mercer International Inc, MERC], we can find that recorded value of 0.48 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 0.68 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 40.27%.
During the past 100 days, Mercer International Inc’s (MERC) raw stochastic average was set at 34.74%, which indicates a significant decrease from 87.50% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.1000 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.1300 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.9300, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.2900. Now, the first resistance to watch is $2.2400. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $2.3400. The third major resistance level sits at $2.4900. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.9900, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.8400. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $1.7400.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Key Stats
There are 66,983K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 143.34 million. As of now, sales total 2,043 M while income totals -85,140 K. Its latest quarter income was 458,070 K while its last quarter net income were -80,780 K.
