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

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

Mercury Systems vs.

Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Fabrinet received 148 more outperform votes than Mercury Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.34% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mercury SystemsOutperform Votes
482
64.01%
Underperform Votes
271
35.99%
FabrinetOutperform Votes
630
73.34%
Underperform Votes
229
26.66%

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 4 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fabrinet and 11 mentions for Mercury Systems. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Mercury Systems' score of 1.01 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$884.38M3.24-$137.64M-$1.56-30.79
Fabrinet$3.12B2.16$296.18M$8.9421.04

Mercury Systems currently has a consensus target price of $43.86, indicating a potential downside of 8.69%. Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $250.14, indicating a potential upside of 33.01%. Given Fabrinet's higher probable 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Fabrinet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fabrinet has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -10.23%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.48% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mercury Systems-10.23% -2.03% -1.25%
Fabrinet 10.44%18.48%13.68%

Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fabrinet beats Mercury Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MRCY vs. The Competition

MetricMercury SystemsElectronic components & accessories IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.87B$2.29B$19.29B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.71%1.29%4.32%
P/E Ratio-30.798.7848.8817.82
Price / Sales3.2450.295.3594.61
Price / Cash161.3739.2329.7634.64
Price / Book1.962.165.074.00
Net Income-$137.64M$154.55M$324.21M$247.23M
7 Day Performance7.67%0.62%0.77%1.45%
1 Month Performance3.25%-7.66%-4.08%-6.24%
1 Year Performance74.27%-11.51%20.57%0.60%

Mercury Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.6425 of 5 stars
$48.03
+1.8%
$43.86
-8.7%
+69.1%$2.87B$884.38M-30.792,390News Coverage
Gap Down
FN
Fabrinet
3.8726 of 5 stars
$178.74
+4.5%
$250.14
+39.9%
+8.7%$6.48B$3.12B19.9914,213Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SANM
Sanmina
3.763 of 5 stars
$70.60
+4.9%
$80.50
+14.0%
+31.2%$3.84B$7.70B17.2637,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
PLXS
Plexus
4.4399 of 5 stars
$112.82
+0.5%
$163.00
+44.5%
+28.9%$3.05B$3.95B26.1820,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.425 of 5 stars
$52.04
-0.2%
$85.40
+64.1%
-36.7%$2.21B$977.13M-12.456,230Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.4957 of 5 stars
$17.97
+1.1%
$29.31
+63.1%
+31.9%$1.83B$2.44B33.2815,800Positive News
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
3.3996 of 5 stars
$33.36
+2.1%
$43.00
+28.9%
+21.4%$1.20B$2.66B19.2811,900Positive News
Gap Down
CTS
CTS
1.826 of 5 stars
$35.82
-0.6%
N/A-17.9%$1.08B$515.77M18.854,210Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.3457 of 5 stars
$12.64
+1.0%
N/A-13.1%$251.85M$61.42M35.11110Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.9426 of 5 stars
$5.68
-1.8%
$11.67
+105.6%
-54.7%$202.55M$1.07B-2.247,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NEON
Neonode
1.4645 of 5 stars
$7.68
+3.6%
$16.50
+114.8%
+439.0%$128.89M$3.11M-10.8250Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:MRCY) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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