MDA Space (MDA) Competitors

CAE (TSE:CAE) and MDA Space (TSE:MDA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is CAE or MDA a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. MDA Space pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. CAE pays out -41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDA Space pays out 389.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate CAE or MDA?

CAE presently has a consensus price target of C$35.56, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. MDA Space has a consensus price target of C$31.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.92%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MDA Space is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
MDA Space	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAE or MDA?

CAE received 291 more outperform votes than MDA Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.28% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave MDA Space an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 358 57.28%	Underperform Votes 267 42.72%
MDA Space	Outperform Votes 67 56.30%	Underperform Votes 52 43.70%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CAE or MDA?

MDA Space has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MDA Space, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAE	C$4.34B	2.56	-C$341.80M	-C$1.07	-32.64
MDA Space	C$860.80M	3.82	C$47.60M	C$0.38	72.13

Does the media prefer CAE or MDA?

In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than MDA Space. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CAE and 6 mentions for MDA Space. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat CAE's score of 0.36 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MDA Space	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CAE or MDA?

77.3% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.0% of MDA Space shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MDA Space shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CAE or MDA more profitable?

MDA Space has a net margin of 5.53% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.39%. MDA Space's return on equity of 4.47% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.39%	-7.43%	2.79%
MDA Space	5.53%	4.47%	2.12%

Which has more risk and volatility, CAE or MDA?

CAE has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDA Space has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MDA Space beats CAE on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.