profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Mercer International
$0.24-1.99% today
-86.7% in 1 year
1-year low $0.121-year high $2.79
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Mercer International sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.28 billion in 2022 to $1.87 billion in 2025, with -$498 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Mercer International vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer International | No profit yet | ||
 Weyerhaeuser | 45.9× · Expensive | ||
 West Fraser Timber | No profit yet | ||
 Sylvamo | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 Mativ Holdings | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Mercer International's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,281 | 1,994 | 2,043 | 1,868 | |
| 498 | -32 | 189 | -68 | |
| 392 | -155 | 73 | -182 | |
| 561 | -9 | 193 | -236 | |
| 247 | -242 | -85 | -498 | |
| 3.71 | -3.65 | -1.27 | -7.44 | |
| 21.8% | -1.6% | 9.3% | -3.6% | |
| 17.2% | -7.8% | 3.6% | -9.7% | |
| 10.8% | -12.1% | -4.2% | -26.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,725 | 2,663 | 2,263 | 2,041 |
| Cash | 354 | 314 | 185 | 187 |
| Total debt | 1,369 | 1,629 | 1,491 | 1,626 |
| Total liabilities | 1,886 | 2,027 | 1,833 | 1,973 |
| 839 | 635 | 430 | 68 | |
| 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | |
| 14.9% | -6.3% | 0.9% | -18.5% | |
| 29.5% | -38.1% | -19.8% | -731.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 361 | -69 | 90 | 9 | |
| 179 | 136 | 84 | 89 | |
| 182 | -205 | 6 | -80 | |
| Dividends paid | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- -12.1×
- 0.0×
- –
- –
- -505.4%
- -3,145.3%
- 7.5%
Profitability
- -3.6%
- -9.7%
- -26.7%
- -1.7%
- -13.1%
- -5.0%
- -243.0%
- -26.9%
- -14.0%
- –
Growth
- −6.4%
- –
- −1,459.1%
- −14.7%
- +0.4%
Financial health
- –
- -292.78
- 82.6%
- -3.9×
- 2.17
- 1.22
- 0.94
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 4%of 990
Bottom 4%of 955
Bottom 18%of 933
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $1.75
- Range
- $1.25 – $2.25
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | -0.78 | -0.74 | −5.4% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | -1.39 | -0.87 | −59.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -0.97 | -0.89 | −9.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -1.29 | -0.73 | −76.7% |
| May 1, 2025 | -0.33 | -0.15 | −120.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.25 | 0.04 | +525.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -0.26 | 0.08 | −425.0% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | -0.50 | -0.42 | −19.0% |
7.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$75a year at today's yield, before tax
−14.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.23 in 2015 → $0.15 in 2025
How safe it looks
-1.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -12.5%
News
Mercer International plans Chapter 11 filing with $1.1B debt reductionSeeking Alpha · Nov 3, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
22No pass
Benjamin Graham
33No pass
Philip Fisher
25No pass
Peter Lynch
0No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
21No pass
Terry Smith
18No pass
Questions about Mercer International
Is Mercer International a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Mercer International AI analysis
What does Mercer International do?
Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe, the United States, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Pulp and Wood Products. It is in Paper, Lumber & Forest Products.
Does Mercer International pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.5% a year. In 2025 it paid out $10.0 million in dividends.
Is Mercer International stock halal?
No. Mercer International does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 10,270% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Mercer International stock done over the past year?
Down 86.7% over the past twelve months, to $0.24. It traded between $0.12 and $2.79 and is 91.5% below its high.
Who are Mercer International's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Weyerhaeuser, West Fraser Timber, Sylvamo and Mativ Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Mercer International's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.