IT Tech Packaging Inc (ITP) vs Mercer International Inc. (MERC)

IT Tech Packaging Inc and Mercer International Inc. are both Paper & Paper Products companies. Mercer International Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $16.7M against $2.0M — 8.3× the size. IT Tech Packaging Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.28% against −3.52%. IT Tech Packaging Inc has the higher net margin (−13.9% vs −27.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−4.06% vs −17.9%). Across the 17 metrics below, IT Tech Packaging Inc leads on 13 and Mercer International Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.02 0.01 0.15
P/B 0.01 n/m —
Price to free cash flow 0.43 n/m —
EV/EBITDA 0.56 n/m —
EV/Sales 0.03 0.87 0.62
Earnings yield (850.00%) (2,960.00%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 233.57% (823.69%) 8.26%

Profitability

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
Gross margin 5.69% (4.39%) 5.69%
Operating margin (12.58%) (22.24%) (1.61%)
Net margin (13.87%) (26.95%) 0.16%
Free cash flow margin 4.84% (4.06%) 3.77%
Return on equity (6.92%) (492.61%) 0.30%
Return on assets (5.99%) (24.15%) 0.14%
Return on invested capital (4.06%) (17.88%) (1.45%)

Growth

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.28%) (3.52%) (3.19%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.01% (485.83%) (54.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (8.40%) 5.59% 5.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
Debt to equity 0.07 (10.52) 0.71
Current ratio 1.92 1.23 1.47
Net debt to EBITDA 0.40 (5.97) 1.38

Dividend

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
Dividend yield — 0.00% —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric ITP MERC Paper & Paper Products median
Market cap 2.02m 16.70m 226.79m

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