Mercer International Inc. (MERC): Price and Financial Metrics

MERC POWR Grades

• MERC scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 93.17% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for MERC is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• MERC's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 19.12% of US stocks).

MERC Stock Summary

• MERC's current price/earnings ratio is 3.02, which is higher than merely 4.03% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• For MERC, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 95.2% of US equities we're observing.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC is reporting a growth rate of 146.5%; that's higher than 89.27% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC are OLN, LOAN, AGRO, PFX, and ZIM.
• Visit MERC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.mercerint.com.

MERC Valuation Summary

• MERC's EV/EBIT ratio is 3.9; this is 58.51% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• MERC's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 629.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MERC.

MERC Growth Metrics

Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 60.05%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 55.78%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 76.09%.

MERC's revenue has moved up $592,427,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows MERC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	2,216.838	340.641	301.537
2022-06-30	2,153.77	294.125	303.909
2022-03-31	1,983.276	220.736	253.952
2021-12-31	1,803.255	182.214	170.988
2021-09-30	1,682.493	170.398	83.489
2021-06-30	1,545.898	158.742	21.916

MERC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• MERC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 44.12% of graded US stocks.
• MERC's asset turnover comes in at 0.769 -- ranking 12th of 21 Business Supplies stocks.
• RFP, SCS, and AVY are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with MERC.

The table below shows MERC's key quality metrics over time.