MERC vs. RYAM, MTAL, ARMN, LEU, ASIX, NFGC, CRML, GATO, DRD, and RYI
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Aris Mining (ARMN), Centrus Energy (LEU), AdvanSix (ASIX), New Found Gold (NFGC), Critical Metals (CRML), Gatos Silver (GATO), DRDGOLD (DRD), and Ryerson (RYI). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercer International presently has a consensus price target of $9.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.04%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.63%. Given Rayonier Advanced Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
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.
In the previous week, Rayonier Advanced Materials had 4 more articles in the media than Mercer International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials and 2 mentions for Mercer International. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 0.18 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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