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MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.

MERCNasdaq

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Signs2 good4 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.87B$2.04B$1.99B$2.28B$1.80B$1.42B
Operating income−$397.7M$15.0M−$188.8M$392.4M$346.6M$63.7M
Net income−$497.9M−$85.1M−$242.1M$247.0M$171.0M−$17.2M
Total assets$2.04B$2.26B$2.66B$2.73B$2.35B$2.13B
Total liabilities$1.97B$1.83B$2.03B$1.89B$1.66B$1.53B
Equity$68.1M$429.8M$635.4M$838.8M$694.0M$601.0M
EPS (diluted)$-7.44$-1.27$-3.65$3.71$2.58$-0.26
Shares out.66.9M66.5M66.2M66.0M65.9M65.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−21.3%
Net margin
−26.7%
Return on equity
−731.5%
Return on assets
−24.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−22.6%
Liabilities / assets
96.7%
Debt / equity
28.99×
Book value / share
$1.02
Revenue growth (YoY)
−8.6%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.16distress
Accruals / assets
24.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
37
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe4 warning2 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20263.7M5.7+20.1%
Apr 30, 20263.1M6.4-20.0%
Apr 15, 20263.9M6.6+11.6%
Mar 31, 20263.5M8.6-1.1%
Mar 13, 20263.5M9.6+7.8%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

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