MERC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Mercer Intl | NASDAQ:MERC)

Mercer International Inc is a forest products company with two reportable operating segments in pulp and solid wood. The pulp segment consists of the manufacture, sale, and distribution of pulp, electricity, and chemicals. The company has a geographical presence in the USA, Germany, China, and Other countries, where the majority of revenue is generated from the USA. The majority of the revenue is generated from the Pulp segment.

Mercer Intl trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol MERC.

As of December 19, 2025, MERC stock price climbed to $2.08 with 717,345 million shares trading.

MERC has a beta of 1.54, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. MERC has a correlation of 0.17 to the broad based SPY ETF.

MERC has a market cap of $139.32 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.

Last quarter Mercer Intl reported $458 million in Revenue and -$1.21 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-2 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.30.

In the last 3 years, MERC traded as high as $13.25 and as low as $1.48.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that MERC belongs to (by Net Assets): AVUV, VXF, DFAT, DFSV, SMLF.

MERC has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -63.4%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. In the last 3 month period, MERC fell short of the market, returning -27.3%, while SPY returned +2.8%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks MERC has outperformed the stock market by returning +12.4%, while SPY returned -0.5%.

MERC support price is $1.89 and resistance is $2.09 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MERC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.