MERC vs. RYAM, MTRN, CDE, IAG, ERO, AG, SCL, FSM, HWKN, and ANDE
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Materion (MTRN), Coeur Mining (CDE), IAMGOLD (IAG), Ero Copper (ERO), First Majestic Silver (AG), Stepan (SCL), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Hawkins (HWKN), and Andersons (ANDE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) and Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.05, meaning that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercer International presently has a consensus price target of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.75%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.50%. Given Mercer International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mercer International is more favorable than Rayonier Advanced Materials.
85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Mercer International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mercer International had 6 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mercer International and 1 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Rayonier Advanced Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Mercer International's score of 0.24 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.71% compared to Mercer International's net margin of -11.27%. Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity of -7.77% beat Mercer International's return on equity.
Mercer International received 80 more outperform votes than Rayonier Advanced Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.35% of users gave Rayonier Advanced Materials an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mercer International. Rayonier Advanced Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercer International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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