Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe, the United States, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Pulp and Wood Products. It also generates and sells green energy produced from biomass cogeneration power plant to third party utilities. In addition, the company manufactures, distributes, and sells lumber and other wood residuals. Further, it produces NBSK pulp primarily from wood chips, pulp logs, and sawlogs; carbon neutral or green energy using carbon-neutral bio-fuels, such as black liquor and wood waste; and tall oil for use as a chemical additive and green energy source. The company sells its pulp to tissue, specialty paper, and printing and writing paper, and other manufacturers; and lumber products to distributors, construction firms, secondary manufacturers, retail yards, and home centers. Mercer International Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
P/E ratio for Mercer International Inc. (MERC)
P/E ratio as of 2023: -2.60
According to Mercer International Inc.'s latest financial reports and stock price the company's current price-to-earnings ratio (TTM) is -2.60. At the end of 2022 the company had a P/E ratio of 3.11.
P/E ratio history for Mercer International Inc. from 1989 to 2023
PE ratio at the end of each year
| Year | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| 2023 | -2.60 |
| 2022 | 3.11 |
| 2021 | 4.62 |
| 2020 | -39.11 |
| 2019 | -83.65 |
| 2018 | 5.29 |
| 2017 | 13.17 |
| 2016 | 19.70 |
| 2015 | 7.72 |
| 2014 | 6.74 |
| 2013 | -21.05 |
| 2012 | -24.70 |
| 2011 | 4.71 |
| 2010 | 2.61 |
| 2009 | -1.26 |
| 2008 | -0.69 |
| 2007 | 8.72 |
| 2006 | 4.74 |
| 2005 | -1.78 |
| 2004 | 6.81 |
| 2003 | -23.97 |
| 2002 | -13.77 |
| 2001 | -49.07 |
| 2000 | 4.16 |
| 1999 | -1.99 |
| 1998 | 11.54 |
| 1997 | -4.04 |
| 1996 | 8.91 |
| 1995 | 4.02 |
| 1994 | 3.32 |
| 1993 | 8.78 |
| 1992 | 8.41 |
| 1991 | 6.92 |
| 1990 | 7.61 |
| 1989 | 13.53 |