MERC vs. MLKN, PACK, MATV, RYAM, VIRC, MAGN, ILAG, DSY, ITP, and SUZ
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include MillerKnoll (MLKN), Ranpak (PACK), Mativ (MATV), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Magnera (MAGN), Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG), Big Tree Cloud (DSY), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), and Suzano (SUZ). These companies are all part of the "business supplies" industry.
Mercer International vs.
MillerKnoll (NASDAQ:MLKN) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
MillerKnoll pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Mercer International pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. MillerKnoll pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercer International pays out -10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mercer International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mercer International received 348 more outperform votes than MillerKnoll when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave MillerKnoll an outperform vote while only 53.96% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
MillerKnoll has higher revenue and earnings than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MillerKnoll, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MillerKnoll has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Mercer International's net margin of -9.33%. MillerKnoll's return on equity of 10.74% beat Mercer International's return on equity.
87.5% of MillerKnoll shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of MillerKnoll shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Mercer International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Mercer International had 11 more articles in the media than MillerKnoll. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Mercer International and 0 mentions for MillerKnoll. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat MillerKnoll's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MillerKnoll has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercer International has a consensus target price of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Mercer International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercer International is more favorable than MillerKnoll.
Summary
MillerKnoll beats Mercer International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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