NWGL vs WY vs MERC Stock Comparison

CL Workshop, Weyerhaeuser and Mercer International Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WY Weyerhaeuser Co
$19.20 -2.7% 1M -19.1% 1Y
Market cap
$14.28B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.85B
Div. yield
0.04%
Lumber Basic Materials
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Weyerhaeuser leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Weyerhaeuser 8, Mercer International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNWGLWYMERCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.44M $14.28B $8.13M WY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 30.3x 0.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 73.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -2.6% -4.8% WY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 6.9% -27.9% WY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.7% -23.1% WY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.6x -6.8x MERC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 1.24% MERC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -94.5% -19.1% -95.1% WY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -11.7%/yr -59.3%/yr WY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 223.5% 27.5% 97.9% WY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 14/100 WY

Percentile Scorecard

NWGLWYMERC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNWGLWYMERC
Valuation – 51 #142 of 287 20 #231 of 287
Growth – 26 #198 of 266 1 #264 of 266
Profitability – 51 #115 of 234 28 #170 of 234
Financial Health 7 #270 of 289 40 #174 of 289 8 #266 of 289
Shareholder Returns – 56 #90 of 203 14 #174 of 203
Overall – 45 14
  • NWGL ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • WY ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • MERC ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNWGLWYMERCSPY
1 month -93.3%-2.7%-62.5% +0.9%
3 months -60.9%-21.5%-80.0% +5.9%
6 months -90.0%-20.8%-88.8% +8.5%
Year to date -93.7%-19.0%-93.9% +13.3%
1 year -94.5%-19.1%-95.1% +12.4%
3 years -99.2%-32.9%-98.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -79.8%-12.5%-75.4% +23.5%
5 years —-46.2%-98.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year —-11.7%-59.3% +11.0%
10 years —-36.0%-98.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year —-4.4%-34.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureNWGLWYMERCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 223.5%27.5%97.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 289.0%25.4%115.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.500.221.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.42-0.70-0.97 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-56.6%-99.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -94.5%-29.2%-95.7% -0.9%
52-week high $1.65$27.10$2.79 $779.14
52-week low $0.08$18.48$0.12 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNWGLWYMERC
P/E now vs peer median —median 17.5x 29.3xmedian 17.5x 0.0xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.8x 2.0xmedian 1.8x 0.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.8x 13.8xmedian 9.8x -6.8xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.8x -31.0xmedian 15.8x -0.1xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.8x 1.5xmedian 1.8x -0.1xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.78 -2.45median 0.78 0.00median 0.78

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNWGLWYMERC
Revenue – $6.85B $1.86B
Gross profit – $994.00M $52.72M
Operating income – $844.00M -$437.94M
Net income – $472.00M -$517.45M
Free cash flow – -$447.00M -$154.18M
R&D – $5.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $0.65 $-7.72
Cash & equivalents $200.00K $527.00M $78.78M
Total debt -$11.23M $5.43B $1.95B
Shares (diluted) 16.55M 721.90M 67.04M
Enterprise value -$3.03M $12.59B -$440.10M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNWGLWYMERC
P/E – 29.3x 0.0x
P/FCF – -31.0x -0.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 25.3x -0.1x
P/S – 2.0x 0.0x
P/B 0.8x 1.5x -0.1x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 1.5x -0.1x
EV/EBITDA – 13.8x -6.8x
EV/EBIT – 22.2x -4.3x
EV/Revenue – 2.7x 1.0x
EV/FCF – -41.9x -12.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 34.3x -22.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -2.45 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNWGLWYMERC
Revenue growth (1Y) – -2.6% -4.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -4.9% -5.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -18.1% -81.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -18.1% -45.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 46.5% -5,891%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -12.1% -163.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 69.2% -373.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -12.4% -130.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 69.7% -372.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -12.0% -130.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -40.4% -270.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.0% -41.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -263.1% -261.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -36.0% -0.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNWGLWYMERC
Gross margin – 14.5% 2.8%
EBITDA margin – 19.8% -14.9%
Operating margin – 12.3% -23.6%
Pretax margin – 5.5% -29.7%
Net margin – 6.9% -27.9%
FCF margin – -6.5% -8.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 8.0% -4.6%
Return on equity – 5.0% –
Return on assets – 2.9% -27.0%
Return on invested capital – 5.7% -23.1%
Return on capital employed – 5.4% -33.3%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNWGLWYMERC
Debt / assets 46.3% 32.9% 104.3%
Debt / equity 2.2x 0.6x -19.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.6x -6.8x
Debt / FCF – -12.1x -12.7x
Liabilities / assets 78.5% 42.7% 105.2%
Equity / assets 21.5% 57.3% -5.2%
Interest coverage – 3.1x -3.7x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.8x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.6x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 1.94 0.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNWGLWYMERC
Dividend yield – 4.4% 0.0%
Net buyback yield – 0.4% –
Shareholder yield – 4.8% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 128.2% -1.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – -135.3% -6.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.9% -60.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -20.5% -26.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNWGLWYMERC
Forward P/E – 73.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.26FY2026 $-3.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +30.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +107.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $7.58BFY2026 $2.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +9.8%FY2026 +7.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -1.9% +10.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNWGLWYMERC
Held by institutions – 90.2% 63.8%
Institutions holding – 903 67
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.1% -11.3%
Institutions buying – 432 27
Institutions selling – 318 19
Buyers to sellers – 1.36 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NWGLWYMERC
NWGL 1.00 0.03 0.14
WY 0.03 1.00 0.15
MERC 0.14 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NWGL, WY and MERC?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) is the largest by market capitalisation: CL Workshop (NWGL) $1.44M, Weyerhaeuser (WY) $14.28B, Mercer International (MERC) $8.13M.

Which company is growing faster?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Weyerhaeuser (WY) -2.6%, Mercer International (MERC) -4.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest net margin (Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.9%, Mercer International (MERC) -27.9%). On return on invested capital, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads (Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.7%, Mercer International (MERC) -23.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Weyerhaeuser (WY) returned the most: CL Workshop (NWGL) -94.5%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -19.1%, Mercer International (MERC) -95.1%. Over five years, Weyerhaeuser (WY) compounded fastest (Weyerhaeuser (WY) -11.7%/yr, Mercer International (MERC) -59.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Mercer International (MERC) has the highest dividend yield: CL Workshop (NWGL) 0.00%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%, Mercer International (MERC) 1.24%. CL Workshop (NWGL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Weyerhaeuser (WY) has been the steadiest (CL Workshop (NWGL) 223.5%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 27.5%, Mercer International (MERC) 97.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NWGL, WY and MERC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.