MERC vs. RYAM, NFGC, ASIX, DRD, MTAL, LEU, GATO, ZEUS, TGB, and EXK
Should you be buying Mercer International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercer International include Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), New Found Gold (NFGC), AdvanSix (ASIX), DRDGOLD (DRD), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Centrus Energy (LEU), Gatos Silver (GATO), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Taseko Mines (TGB), and Endeavour Silver (EXK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) and Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercer International has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 55.03% of users gave Mercer International an outperform vote.
Rayonier Advanced Materials presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.58%. Mercer International has a consensus price target of $9.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.02%. Given Mercer International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rayonier Advanced Materials is more favorable than Mercer International.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercer International. Mercer International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier Advanced Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rayonier Advanced Materials has a net margin of -6.15% compared to Rayonier Advanced Materials' net margin of -12.14%. Mercer International's return on equity of -6.80% beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' return on equity.
In the previous week, Mercer International had 23 more articles in the media than Rayonier Advanced Materials. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Mercer International and 4 mentions for Rayonier Advanced Materials. Mercer International's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Rayonier Advanced Materials' score of 0.23 indicating that Rayonier Advanced Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.6% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Mercer International shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Rayonier Advanced Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Mercer International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rayonier Advanced Materials beats Mercer International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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