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Carsten Merforth bought $25k of MERC

COO, Wood Products at MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.. 7,000 shares at an average of $3.62, traded May 8, 2025, filed May 12, 2025.

Conviction score
64
Value
$25k
7,000 shares
Holdings after
22,651
+45% from before
From 52-week low
+6%
low $3.30, close $3.49
From 52-week high
-56%
high $7.89, as of May 8, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    COO
    +20
  • Trade size
    $25k at market
    +5
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 45%
    +6
  • Price context
    6% above the 52-week low; 56% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -5.3%, 3m -31.4%, 6m -54.2%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

MERCOct 12, 2026 · close 0.20
Since filing May 12, 2025: -94.8%SPY +35.7% · excess -130.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001943969-25-000001, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 8, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+7,000$3.62$25k22,651May 12, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
36Weak
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$363k
419,743 shares
+43%
45Moderate
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$672k
700,000 shares
+56%
43Moderate
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$262k
300,000 shares
+143%
46Moderate
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$237k
70,000 shares
+8%
33Weak
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Alice Laberge
director
$1,900
1,000 shares
+100%
65Notable
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$1.9M
1,014,540 shares
+118%
42Moderate
MERCbuy 2
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Linda J Welty
director
$31k
10,000 shares
+38%
47Moderate
MERCbuy 2
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Alice Laberge
director
$5,980
2,000 shares
+25%
49Moderate
MERCbuy 2
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Alice Laberge
director
$5,957
2,000 shares
+20%
61Notable
MERCbuy
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Peter R Kellogg
owner
$2.5M
760,000 shares
+49%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Carsten Merforth bought $25k of MERC | InsiderTell