MERC Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for MERC, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a positive return of 72.6% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of MERC, investors may wish to consider are:

• As for its position relative to other Basic Materials stocks that issue dividends, MERC provides shareholders with a dividend yield greater than 78.81% such stocks.
• In terms of opportunity, MERC's provides a return of 72.6% based on the forecast of the dividend discount model we used relative to its current share price; this is a better return than 82.84% of all stocks we measured with our dividend discount model.
• Beta tells us how volatile a stock's price is relative to the broader equity index; for Mercer International Inc, its beta is lower than 79.81% of dividend issuing stocks we observed.

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