---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-003073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MERC"
cik: "0001333274"
company_name: "MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T08:59:38.029818+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercer Q4 net income $20M vs $74.5M YoY; FY record $247M; quarterly dividend $0.075

## Summary
- Q4 net income $20.0M ($0.30 diluted EPS) vs $74.5M ($1.12) in Q4 2021; Operating EBITDA $96.1M down 42% YoY.
- Full year 2022 record net income $247.0M ($3.71 diluted EPS) vs $171.0M in 2021; record Operating EBITDA $536.5M.
- Q4 pulp segment operating income $69.0M, down 39% YoY; NBSK price realizations +16% to $913/ADMT but costs increased.
- Solid wood segment operating loss $14.3M in Q4 vs income $17.9M YoY.
- Board authorized quarterly dividend $0.075/share payable Apr 5, 2023 to holders of record Mar 29, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-003073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MERC
- cik: 0001333274
- company_name: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023003073/0000950170-23-003073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023003073/merc-20230216.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. reported fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $583,056,000, net income $20,024,000, EPS $0.30 per share.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $583,056,000
  - Net income: $20,024,000
  - EPS: $0.30 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: – Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2021 Total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022 increased by approximately 12% to $583.1 million from $519.0 million in the same quarter of 2021 primarily due to higher pulp sales realizations and the inclusion of the Torgau facility from September 30, 2022 partially offset
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023003073/0000950170-23-003073-index.htm

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