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In the latest session, Mercer International Inc (NASDAQ: MERC) closed at $3.02 down -18.60% from its previous closing price of $3.71. In other words, the price has decreased by -$18.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.57 million shares were traded. MERC stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.83.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Mercer International Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.73 and its Current Ratio is at 3.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.46 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.43.
CIBC Downgraded its Neutral to Sector Underperform on July 20, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $8.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 22 ’25 when KELLOGG PETER R bought 760,000 shares for $3.25 per share. The transaction valued at 2,470,000 led to the insider holds 2,300,000 shares of the business.
KELLOGG PETER R bought 58,400 shares of MERC for $218,713 on Jun 09 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 2,000,000 shares after completing the transaction at $3.75 per share. On Jun 06 ’25, another insider, KELLOGG PETER R, who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, bought 50,200 shares for $3.62 each. As a result, the insider paid 181,851 and bolstered with 1,968,200 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MERC now has a Market Capitalization of 201952832 and an Enterprise Value of 1600752768. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.82 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.007.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MERC is 1.09, which has changed by -0.5339506 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20277917 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MERC has reached a high of $8.28, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.18. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -45.08%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, MERC has traded an average of 687.39K shares per day and 1815530 over the past ten days. A total of 66.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 37.33M. Insiders hold about 44.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 49.31% stake in the company. Shares short for MERC as of 1752537600 were 969495 with a Short Ratio of 1.41, compared to 1749772800 on 1279084. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 969495 and a Short% of Float of 2.22.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for MERC is 0.30, from 0.3 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08086254The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.46.
