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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 mid-cap electronic manufacturing services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fabrinet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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%

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$912.02M4.39-$37.90M-$0.66-101.26
Fabrinet$3.42B3.07$296.18M$9.1832.03

Mercury Systems presently has a consensus target price of $60.71, suggesting a potential downside of 9.15%. Fabrinet has a consensus target price of $307.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Fabrinet's higher possible 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Fabrinet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

In the previous week, Fabrinet had 36 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Fabrinet and 26 mentions for Mercury Systems. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Mercury Systems' score of 0.10 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fabrinet
21 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fabrinet beats Mercury Systems on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MRCY vs. The Competition

MetricMercury SystemsAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.93B$17.57B$27.78B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A0.79%0.97%4.10%
P/E Ratio-101.26129.9978.0326.04
Price / Sales4.396.876.74102.77
Price / Cash43.0441.0732.3658.48
Price / Book2.726.638.396.61
Net Income-$37.90M$268.43M$370.06M$265.56M
7 Day Performance0.19%0.91%0.90%1.97%
1 Month Performance26.31%0.31%-2.41%-0.36%
1 Year Performance78.26%66.38%41.57%19.03%

Mercury Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRCY
Mercury Systems
2.47 of 5 stars
$66.83
+1.8%
$60.71
-9.2%
+81.1%$3.93B$912.02M-101.262,162Insider Trade
FN
Fabrinet
3.1359 of 5 stars
$332.61
-3.3%
$261.33
-21.4%
+12.3%$11.92B$3.26B37.0414,213Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SANM
Sanmina
3.4113 of 5 stars
$119.16
-1.7%
$94.50
-20.7%
+69.2%$6.35B$7.57B25.5237,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
TTMI
TTM Technologies
4.4993 of 5 stars
$44.61
-1.5%
$52.25
+17.1%
+125.9%$4.61B$2.44B49.5716,400Positive News
Insider Trade
PLXS
Plexus
4.4172 of 5 stars
$128.51
-0.9%
$152.00
+18.3%
+10.6%$3.47B$3.96B21.8920,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
IPGP
IPG Photonics
3.6286 of 5 stars
$75.46
+0.3%
$75.00
-0.6%
+17.6%$3.19B$945.99M-15.404,740Positive News
BHE
Benchmark Electronics
2.7696 of 5 stars
$37.90
-1.4%
$46.50
+22.7%
-1.7%$1.36B$2.59B36.0911,700News Coverage
Positive News
CTS
CTS
2.6361 of 5 stars
$39.58
+1.0%
N/A-8.9%$1.17B$515.77M18.673,549Trending News
Short Interest ↓
NEON
Neonode
0.4639 of 5 stars
$23.54
+2.4%
$16.50
-29.9%
+413.3%$395.07M$2.81M-33.1550
PKE
Park Aerospace
2.033 of 5 stars
$17.93
+2.6%
N/A+43.8%$356.11M$62.03M52.74110Positive News
MEI
Methode Electronics
2.5591 of 5 stars
$6.54
+1.0%
$10.50
+60.5%
-23.9%$230.38M$1.05B-3.686,500News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MRCY) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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