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Mercer International Inc. (MERC)

Basic Materials | Paper & Paper Products | Vancouver, Canada | NasdaqGS
0.19 USD -0.01 (-2.973%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is broken on every level. Fundamentally, the company is hemorrhaging cash with negative free cash flow, negative operating margins, and a return on equity of nearly -300%. The balance sheet is toxic, with debt significantly outweighing cash reserves. The price action confirms this rot, showing a brutal 68% decline over the last nine years, including three consecutive years of falling prices. While the stock trades at a fraction of book value due to insolvency, this is a value trap, not a bargain. The dividend is a dangerous illusion; paying 30 cents annually on a stock that has lost 80% of its value in a decade suggests capital is being drained to shareholders rather than invested in the business. Options activity screams 'sell,' with investors stacking massive put positions at strikes far above the current price, betting on continued deterioration. Avoid this completely.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.282306
AutoETS0.465070
AutoARIMA0.465071
MSTL0.487730

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 29%
H-stat 4.50
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.003
Excess Kurtosis 0.61
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2025-06-25
Last Dividend Date 2025-06-25
Revenue per Share 27.726
Market Cap 12,686,514
Forward P/E -0.14
Beta 0.55
Profit Margins -27.86%
Website https://mercerint.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bearish, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes $0.50, $1.00, $2.00) compared to virtually zero call volume. This heavy put positioning indicates a strong expectation of further downside or a desire for cheap insurance against a collapse, rather than a bullish setup.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-06-26 0.075 2.155172
2025-03-26 0.075 1.171875
2024-12-18 0.075 1.250000
2024-09-25 0.075 1.203852
2024-06-26 0.075 0.903614
2024-03-26 0.075 0.747012
2023-12-19 0.075 0.790306
2023-09-26 0.075 0.910194
2023-06-27 0.075 0.982962
2023-03-28 0.075 0.782065
2022-12-20 0.075 0.628667
2022-09-27 0.075 0.627615
2022-06-28 0.075 0.572082
2022-03-29 0.075 0.529661
2021-12-21 0.065 0.584007
2021-09-28 0.065 0.528885
2021-06-29 0.065 0.520000
2021-03-30 0.065 0.444901
2020-12-22 0.065 0.701187
2020-09-28 0.065 1.055195
2020-06-24 0.065 0.822785
2020-03-24 0.138 2.041420
2019-12-11 0.138 1.131148
2019-09-24 0.138 1.107544
2019-06-21 0.138 0.900783
2019-03-26 0.125 0.940557
2018-12-12 0.125 1.068376
2018-09-25 0.125 0.762195
2018-06-26 0.125 0.714286
2018-03-27 0.125 1.008065
2017-12-26 0.125 0.874126
2017-09-26 0.115 0.987124
2017-06-23 0.115 1.004367
2017-03-24 0.115 0.982906
2016-12-20 0.115 1.090047
2016-09-22 0.115 1.311288
2016-06-23 0.115 1.414514
2016-03-23 0.115 1.390568
2015-12-23 0.115 1.235231
2015-09-24 0.115 1.139742
1999-04-28 0.050 0.776699
1998-04-28 0.040 0.410256
1997-04-28 0.030 0.380952
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.0
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2025-06-26
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.075
lastDividendDate 2025-06-26
dividendDate 2025-07-03

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.9233717
Address1 700 West Pender Street
Address2 Suite 1120
All Time High 27.75
All Time Low 0.19
Ask 0.3121
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 3.5 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 919,880
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,239,201
Average Volume 3,239,201
Average Volume10Days 919,880
Beta 0.548
Bid 0.182
Bid Size 3
Board Risk 3
Book Value -1.462
City Vancouver
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country Canada
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 0.1893
Current Ratio 1.304
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 0.209
Day Low 0.1794
Display Name Mercer
Dividend Date 1,751,500,800
Dividend Rate 0.0
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,995,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,995,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Ebitda -58,814,000
Ebitda Margins -0.03167
Enterprise To Ebitda -26.78
Enterprise To Revenue 0.848
Enterprise Value 1,575,052,800
Eps Current Year -3.85391
Eps Forward -1.37712
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -7.73
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,750,896,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 604 684 1094
Fifty Day Average 0.3998
Fifty Day Average Change -0.2105
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.5265133
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -92.337166
Fifty Two Week High 2.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.6606998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.9335789
Fifty Two Week Low 0.1794
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.009900004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.05518397
Fifty Two Week Range 0.1794 - 2.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 585,408,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.49
Float Shares 48,276,519
Forward Eps -1.37712
Forward P E -0.13746078
Free Cashflow -52,124,248
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,545
Fullday Change -0.00030000508
Fullday Change Percent -0.15848128
Fullday Price 0.189
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.02839
Gross Profits 52,724,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.41864
Held Percent Institutions 0.37958
Implied Shares Outstanding 67,018,033
Industry Paper & Paper Products
Industry Disp Paper & Paper Products
Industry Key paper-paper-products
Ir Website http://www.mercerint.com/s/Investors.asp
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,750,896,000
Last Dividend Value 0.075
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 641,520,000
Last Split Factor 10,249:10000
Long Business Summary Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp in the United States, Germany, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pulp and Solid Wood. The company manufactures, sells, and distributes pulp, electricity, and chemicals through pulp mills. It also manufactures, distributes, and sells lumber, cross and glue laminated timber, finger joint lumber, wood pallets, electricity, biofuels, and wood residuals. In addition, the company generates and sells green energy produced from biomass cogeneration power plants. Further, it produces and sells NBSK pulp manufactured from softwood; green energy using carbon neutral biofuels, such as black liquor and wood waste; tall oil from black liquor for use as a chemical additive and green energy source; wood pellets and briquettes; lignin; and wood procurement and logistics services. The company sells its pulp products to pulp markets, integrated paper and paperboard manufacturers; and lumber products to national and regional distributors, large construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Long Name Mercer International Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 12,686,514
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_251849
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -517,452,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 65,267,753
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 0.207
Operating Cashflow -84,680,000
Operating Margins -0.12651
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.1571
Peg Ratio 2.29
Phone 604 684 1099
Pre Market Change -0.00030000508
Pre Market Change Percent -0.15848128
Pre Market Price 0.189
Pre Market Time 1,791,964,804
Previous Close 0.1951
Price Eps Current Year -0.049118947
Price Hint 4
Price To Book -0.12948017
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.006831159
Profit Margins -0.27863002
Quick Ratio 0.645
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.00579999
Regular Market Change Percent -2.97283
Regular Market Day High 0.209
Regular Market Day Low 0.1794
Regular Market Day Range 0.1794 - 0.209
Regular Market Open 0.207
Regular Market Previous Close 0.1951
Regular Market Price 0.1893
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,601
Regular Market Volume 897,761
Return On Assets -0.06465
Return On Equity -2.9694602
Revenue Growth 0.015
Revenue Per Share 27.726
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 67,018,033
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0866
Shares Short 5,806,050
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 8,216,772
Short Name Mercer International Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1388
Short Ratio 6.86
Source Interval 15
State BC
Symbol MERC
Target High Price 0.75
Target Low Price 0.15
Target Mean Price 0.5125
Target Median Price 0.575
Total Cash 78,775,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.176
Total Debt 1,641,145,984
Total Revenue 1,857,154,048
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -7.73
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.1119
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.9226
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.8297509
Type Disp Equity
Volume 897,761
Website https://mercerint.com
Zip V6C 1G8