Mercer International Inc. (MERC) is a Paper, Lumber & Forest Products company in the Basic Materials sector, currently trading at $1.13. It has a SharesGrow Score of 35/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is MERC = $2 (+99.1% upside).
Valuation: MERC trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -0.2 (S&P 500 average ~25).
Financials: revenue is $1.9B, -6.2%/yr average growth. Net income is $498M (loss), growing at -206%/yr. Net profit margin is -26.7% (negative). Gross margin is -3.6% (-25.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $1.6B against $68M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 23.64, leveraged). Current ratio is 3.05 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 78.8%. Total assets: $2.0B.
Analyst outlook: 1 / 9 analysts rate MERC as buy (11%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 100/100 (Pass), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 25/100 (Fail), Health 33/100 (Fail), Moat 12/100 (Fail), Future 52/100 (Partial), Income 10/100 (Fail).
