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

MERC POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where MERC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.34% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for MERC is in Sentiment, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• MERC's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 54.41% of US stocks).

MERC Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 1.46, Mercer International Inc is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than just 7.3% of US stocks.
• For MERC, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 95.28% 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 374.97%; that's higher than 94.19% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Mercer International Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be LOAN, OLN, NATH, SUNS, and AGRO.
• 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

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, MERC's price/sales ratio is 68.75% lower, now standing at 0.5.
• Over the past 243 months, MERC's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 5.9.
• Over the past 243 months, MERC's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for MERC.

MERC Growth Metrics

Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 7.14%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 34.16%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 37.89%.

MERC's revenue has moved up $773,755,000 over the prior 70 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
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
2021-03-31	1,485.261	141.695	-7.91
2020-12-31	1,423.14	41.565	-17.235
2020-09-30	1,356.117	79.266	-76.979

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.