Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) on Monday, plunged -9.05% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $2.1. Within the past 52 weeks, MERC’s price has moved between $2.01 and $8.28.
During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Basic Materials Sector giant was -54.02%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -159.45%. With a float of $39.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $66.98 million.
Mercer International Inc (MERC) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Paper & Paper Products industry stocks is more important than anything else. 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) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (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
Mercer International Inc (MERC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.73 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.07.
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)
Looking closely at Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC), its last 5-days average volume was 0.78 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.57 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 5.27%.
During the past 100 days, Mercer International Inc’s (MERC) raw stochastic average was set at 0.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 2.38% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.15 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 $2.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $4.34. However, in the short run, Mercer International Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $2.06. Second resistance stands at $2.22. The third major resistance level sits at $2.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.82, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.74. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $1.58.
Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 127.93 million based on 66,983K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 2,043 M and income totals -85,140 K. The company made 453,520 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -86,070 K in sales during its previous quarter.
