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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
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.
Mercer International has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.05, suggesting that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercer International currently has a consensus target price of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.75%. Rayonier Advanced Materials has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.50%. Given Mercer International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mercer International is more favorable than Rayonier Advanced Materials.
85.8% of Mercer International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Mercer International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 0.34 indicating that Mercer International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mercer International and Rayonier Advanced Materials tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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