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MRCY vs. FN, SANM, TTMI, PLXS, IPGP, BHE, CTS, NEON, PKE, and MEI

Should you be buying Mercury Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury Systems include Fabrinet (FN), Sanmina (SANM), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Plexus (PLXS), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), CTS (CTS), Neonode (NEON), Park Aerospace (PKE), and Methode Electronics (MEI). These companies are all part of the "electronic manufacturing services" industry.

Mercury Systems vs. Its Competitors

Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both electronic manufacturing services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Mercury Systems presently has a consensus price target of $60.71, suggesting a potential downside of 15.95%. Fabrinet has a consensus price target of $312.33, suggesting a potential downside of 12.87%. Given Fabrinet's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fabrinet is more favorable than Mercury Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mercury Systems
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Fabrinet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Fabrinet has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fabrinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mercury Systems$912.02M4.75-$37.90M-$0.66-109.45
Fabrinet$3.42B3.75$332.53M$9.1839.05

Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 5 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fabrinet and 10 mentions for Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Fabrinet's score of 1.16 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mercury Systems
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fabrinet
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Mercury Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fabrinet has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -4.16%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 17.77% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercury Systems-4.16% 0.58% 0.35%
Fabrinet 9.72%17.77%12.88%

Summary

Fabrinet beats Mercury Systems on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MRCY vs. The Competition

MetricMercury SystemsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.39B$18.42B$28.72B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A0.75%0.93%4.60%
P/E Ratio-109.45143.0483.4025.98
Price / Sales4.757.328.30180.60
Price / Cash47.9142.5033.0760.44
Price / Book2.937.839.706.29
Net Income-$37.90M$288.29M$379.65M$271.07M
7 Day Performance4.80%2.93%2.40%3.87%
1 Month Performance8.10%3.95%2.98%5.49%
1 Year Performance90.01%74.56%45.78%25.86%

Mercury Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCY
Mercury Systems
2.7886 of 5 stars
$72.24
-1.1%
$60.71
-16.0%
+90.0%$4.39B$912.02M-109.452,162Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
FN
Fabrinet
2.7003 of 5 stars
$330.93
-6.8%
$312.33
-5.6%
+55.8%$11.82B$3.42B36.0516,457Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SANM
Sanmina
3.7652 of 5 stars
$117.52
-1.5%
$94.50
-19.6%
+74.5%$6.26B$7.57B25.1637,000News Coverage
Positive News
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.5486 of 5 stars
$44.57
-5.0%
$52.25
+17.2%
+156.1%$4.60B$2.44B49.5216,400Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PLXS
Plexus
4.071 of 5 stars
$137.01
-1.9%
$152.00
+10.9%
+9.4%$3.70B$3.96B23.3425,000News Coverage
Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
3.3454 of 5 stars
$81.82
-3.7%
$75.00
-8.3%
+18.1%$3.45B$977.13M-16.706,230News Coverage
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
3.2644 of 5 stars
$40.48
-2.4%
$46.50
+14.9%
-7.3%$1.45B$2.66B38.5511,700Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
CTS
CTS
2.089 of 5 stars
$42.42
-1.2%
N/A-11.3%$1.25B$515.77M20.013,549
NEON
Neonode
1.9971 of 5 stars
$23.95
+8.6%
$16.50
-31.1%
-47.1%$401.88M$3.11M-33.7350Positive News
High Trading Volume
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.7769 of 5 stars
$18.71
-1.3%
N/A+38.2%$371.49M$63.46M55.03110Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.2818 of 5 stars
$7.73
-0.9%
$10.50
+35.8%
-23.0%$272.17M$1.05B-4.346,500Trending News
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Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MRCY) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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