With 0.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.54 million shares. During the session, the Paper & Paper Products company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $3.765 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.675. The 52-week range on MERC shows that it touched its highest point at $8.57 and its lowest point at $3.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.75. With its current market cap of 248.76 million, MERC has annualized dividend of $0.30 while the current yield stands at 8.06%. MERC paid its most recent dividend on 1750896000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1750896000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MERC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.90%, but this was up by 1.64% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -37.58% while six-month performance fell -42.59%. The stock lost -42.77% in the past year, while it has lost -53.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MERC yields -1.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.04. For the next quarter, that number is -0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 36.81% for this year and 104.98% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 66.87 million MERC shares are outstanding with a float of 38.07 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 1.28 million, which was 191.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Juan Carlos Bueno as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Richard George Short CPA serves as its EVP, CFO, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer and Secretary.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.54478 of MERC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, MERC reported revenue of $506974000.0 and operating income of $6733000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $46903000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.33.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MERC since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MERC analysts setting a high price target of 5.0 and a low target of 4.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 4.75. Based on these targets, MERC could surge 34.41% to reach the target high and rise by 7.53% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 27.69% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$1.29037 being high and -$1.35793 being low. For MERC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.32.
