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Mercury Systems (MRCY) Competitors

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$39.70 +0.68 (+1.74%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

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

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

Mercury Systems vs.

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

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 7 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Fabrinet and 2 mentions for Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Fabrinet's score of 1.42 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Fabrinet received 146 more outperform votes than Mercury Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FabrinetOutperform Votes
625
73.44%
Underperform Votes
226
26.56%
Mercury SystemsOutperform Votes
479
64.04%
Underperform Votes
269
35.96%

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

Fabrinet currently has a consensus price target of $252.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.96%. Mercury Systems has a consensus price target of $36.29, indicating a potential downside of 8.60%. Given Fabrinet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fabrinet is more favorable than Mercury Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fabrinet
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Mercury Systems
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Fabrinet has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fabrinet has a net margin of 10.28% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -13.80%. Fabrinet's return on equity of 18.08% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fabrinet10.28% 18.08% 13.53%
Mercury Systems -13.80%-3.96%-2.45%

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
Fabrinet$3.00B2.67$296.18M$8.4526.18
Mercury Systems$858.72M2.76-$137.64M-$2.05-19.37

Summary

Fabrinet beats Mercury Systems on 15 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$2.37B$2.98B$17.83B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.41%1.30%4.22%
P/E Ratio-19.37117.5436.9117.19
Price / Sales2.7668.3719.38116.80
Price / Cash146.8537.4630.2837.86
Price / Book1.603.475.724.78
Net Income-$137.64M$185.23M$463.64M$225.60M
7 Day Performance4.83%-1.96%3.24%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-0.70%-3.86%6.33%3.37%
1 Year Performance7.97%-7.03%38.63%16.58%

Mercury Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCY
Mercury Systems
1.3286 of 5 stars
$39.70
+1.7%
$36.29
-8.6%
+7.5%$2.37B$858.72M-19.372,364High Trading Volume
FN
Fabrinet
3.2625 of 5 stars
$237.43
-4.2%
$252.14
+6.2%
+17.6%$8.61B$3.00B29.3314,213Positive News
Gap Down
PLXS
Plexus
3.5134 of 5 stars
$167.16
+0.6%
$147.25
-11.9%
+45.5%$4.53B$3.96B41.7320,000Positive News
SANM
Sanmina
4.1084 of 5 stars
$80.57
+0.6%
$74.50
-7.5%
+47.8%$4.34B$7.57B20.5637,000Positive News
IPGP
IPG Photonics
4.2265 of 5 stars
$77.23
-0.5%
$93.50
+21.1%
-31.0%$3.34B$1.04B-22.376,180
TTMI
TTM Technologies
3.9253 of 5 stars
$26.56
+3.2%
$26.31
-0.9%
+59.5%$2.71B$2.23B39.0015,800
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
1.7562 of 5 stars
$48.51
+0.4%
$42.33
-12.7%
+63.3%$1.75B$2.69B28.1012,703Positive News
CTS
CTS
2.6945 of 5 stars
$57.46
+1.8%
$46.00
-19.9%
+25.8%$1.73B$513.03M29.434,081
MEI
Methode Electronics
3.2854 of 5 stars
$13.08
+0.1%
$15.00
+14.7%
-44.7%$460.94M$1.11B-5.177,500Gap Down
PKE
Park Aerospace
1.8423 of 5 stars
$15.18
+1.7%
N/A-2.2%$302.99M$56M43.88123Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
NEON
Neonode
2.2911 of 5 stars
$7.94
-0.3%
$16.50
+107.8%
+276.9%$133.26M$3.80M-11.2150News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MRCY) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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