Mercer International Inc. (MERC)Basic Materials | Paper & Paper Products | Vancouver, Canada | NasdaqGS
0.58 USD
-0.06
(-8.900%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.58 0.00 (-0.005%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:46 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:01 a.m. EDT
Mercer International is a distressed asset trapped in a multi-year freefall where the market has correctly identified a deteriorating business. The company is hemorrhaging cash with negative operating flows and a massive debt load ($1.6B) dwarfing its cash reserves. Fundamentally, the picture is bleak: revenue is shrinking, profitability is nonexistent, and the balance sheet is fragile. The price action confirms this structural decline, having lost over half its value in the last nine years with three consecutive years of negative returns. While insiders recently bought shares, suggesting they see some hidden value, the fundamental reality of a paper manufacturer losing money and cutting production makes this a dangerous hold. The dividend, while seemingly stable, is paid on a shrinking equity base and offers little protection against the inevitable capital destruction. With no catalyst for recovery visible in the fundamentals and heavy speculative betting on further drops via options, this is a security to avoid entirely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.076649 |
| AutoTheta | 0.082213 |
| AutoETS | 0.287232 |
| MSTL | 0.296988 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 0.63 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.618 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.37 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2025-06-25 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2025-06-25 |
| Revenue per Share | 27.638 |
| Market Cap | 39,151,276 |
| Forward P/E | -0.70 |
| Beta | 0.53 |
| Profit Margins | -28.51% |
| Website | https://mercerint.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bearish, with massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes $2.00 and $4.00) expiring late in 2026 and early 2027, while call activity is virtually non-existent. This heavy put positioning suggests a strong expectation of further downside or a hedge against a prolonged decline, rather than a bullish breakout.
| 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 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.83246076 |
| Address1 | 700 West Pender Street |
| Address2 | Suite 1120 |
| All Time High | 27.75 |
| All Time Low | 0.25 |
| Ask | 0.7582 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 954,130 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 620,891 |
| Average Volume | 620,891 |
| Average Volume10Days | 954,130 |
| Beta | 0.527 |
| Bid | 0.441 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | -0.083 |
| City | Vancouver |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.5845 |
| Current Ratio | 2.169 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 0.641 |
| Day Low | 0.5781 |
| Display Name | Mercer |
| Dividend Date | 1,751,500,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,111,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,111,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Ebitda | -58,915,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.03184 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -26.8 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.853 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,578,910,976 |
| Eps Current Year | -2.58274 |
| Eps Forward | -0.83111 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -7.19 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,750,896,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 604 684 1094 |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.8766 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.2921 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.33321926 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -83.24608 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 4.47 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.8854997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.86923933 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.5781 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.006399989 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.01107073 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.5781 - 4.47 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 585,408,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 4.66 |
| Float Shares | 54,066,358 |
| Forward Eps | -0.83111 |
| Forward P E | -0.70327634 |
| Free Cashflow | -102,755,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,545 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.02795 |
| Gross Profits | 51,721,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.39013 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.47582 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 66,982,506 |
| 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 | 39,151,276 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_251849 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -527,545,984 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 42,975,975 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 0.641 |
| Operating Cashflow | -74,090,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.065689996 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.1571 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.29 |
| Phone | 604 684 1099 |
| Post Market Change | -0.0045000315 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.7698942 |
| Post Market Price | 0.58 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,986,384 |
| Previous Close | 0.6416 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -0.22631004 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -7.042169 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.021158278 |
| Profit Margins | -0.2851 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.075 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0571 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -8.89963 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.641 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.5781 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.5781 - 0.641 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.641 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.6416 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.5845 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 922,873 |
| Return On Assets | -0.06376 |
| Return On Equity | -2.4434 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.035 |
| Revenue Per Share | 27.638 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 66,982,506 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0535 |
| Shares Short | 3,584,598 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,565,426 |
| Short Name | Mercer International Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0858 |
| Short Ratio | 7.82 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | BC |
| Symbol | MERC |
| Target High Price | 1.5 |
| Target Low Price | 0.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 1.0 |
| Target Median Price | 1.0 |
| Total Cash | 84,541,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.264 |
| Total Debt | 1,624,365,952 |
| Total Revenue | 1,850,400,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.075 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.116895266 |
| Trailing Eps | -7.19 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.67185 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.0873499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.6503872 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 922,873 |
| Website | https://mercerint.com |
| Zip | V6C 1G8 |