Mercury Systems (MRCY) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MRCY or FN?

Fabrinet received 151 more outperform votes than Mercury Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.18% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 63.84% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mercury Systems	Outperform Votes 482 63.84%	Underperform Votes 273 36.16%
Fabrinet	Outperform Votes 633 73.18%	Underperform Votes 232 26.82%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MRCY or FN?

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MRCY or FN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mercury Systems	$887.48M	3.24	-$137.64M	-$1.12	-42.90
Fabrinet	$3.26B	2.50	$296.18M	$8.98	25.36

Is MRCY or FN more profitable?

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, MRCY or FN?

Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MRCY or FN?

Mercury Systems currently has a consensus target price of $46.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.78%. Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $239.29, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Fabrinet's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Does the media prefer MRCY or FN?

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 3 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fabrinet and 10 mentions for Mercury Systems. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Mercury Systems' score of 1.28 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fabrinet	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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