MERC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Mercer International | 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 International trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol MERC.

As of January 28, 2026, MERC stock price declined to $2.14 with 122,915 million shares trading.

MERC has a beta of 1.72, 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 $143.34 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.

Last quarter Mercer International 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 price return of -64.1% while the SPY ETF gained +17.3%. MERC has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -18.0% and -17.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned +1.8% and +0.3%, respectively.

MERC support price is $2.08 and resistance is $2.30 (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.