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Sam Altman, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg are all investing vast sums of money into a radical technology. According to Bloomberg, this could become 10 times bigger than AI, quantum computing, electric vehicles, cryptocurrencies, and robotics combined. And one stock is at the center of it all.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 66,870,000 |
| Shares Float | 38,210,000 |
| Shares Short | 450,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 3785% |
| Institution Holdings | 54.17% |
About Mercer International Inc
Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) and northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp in the United States, Germany, China, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pulp and Solid Wood. The company manufactures, sells, and distributes pulp, electricity, and chemicals through pulp mills. It also manufactures, distributes, and sells lumber, cross-laminated timber, finger joint lumber, glue-laminated timber, wood pallets, electricity, biofuels, and wood residuals. In addition, the company generates and sells green energy produced from biomass cogeneration power plants. Further, it produces and sells NBSK pulp manufactured from softwood; green energy using carbon neutral biofuels, such as black liquor and wood waste; tall oil from black liquor for use as a chemical additive and green energy source; wood pellets and briquettes; lignin; and wood procurement and logistics services. The company sells its pulp products to pulp markets, integrated paper and paperboard manufacturers; and lumber products to distributors, construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
General
| Name | Mercer International Inc |
| Ticker | MERC |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Paper & Paper Products |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 3,580 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 4.75 |
| Market Cap | 251,400,000 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.54 |
| EBITDA | 228,807,008 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | -0.85 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.04 |
| Profit Margin | -4.55% |
| Operating Margin | 2.83 |
| Return on Assets | 0.01 |
| Return on Equity | -0.18 |
| Revenue | 2B |
| Earnings Per Share | -1.35 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.79 |
| Gross Profit | 341,383,008 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.08 |
Valuation
| Forward PE | 94.34 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.12 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 0.60 |
Dividend
Mercer International Inc pays out a dividend of $0.30 per share, with a dividend yield of 7.98%.
MERC's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on April 2, 2025.
They pay out 0.00% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Oct 3, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Jul 3, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Apr 4, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.08 |
| Oct 4, 2023 | $0.08 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | $0.08 |
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