MRCY vs. FN, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, IPGP, 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), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), IPG Photonics (IPGP), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fabrinet currently has a consensus target price of $239.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Mercury Systems has a consensus target price of $47.29, indicating a potential downside of 9.97%. Given Fabrinet's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fabrinet is more favorable than Mercury Systems.
In the previous week, Fabrinet had 13 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fabrinet and 3 mentions for Mercury Systems. Fabrinet's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Mercury Systems' score of 0.96 indicating that Fabrinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fabrinet has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fabrinet received 150 more outperform votes than Mercury Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.18% of users gave Fabrinet an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Fabrinet beats Mercury Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MRCY) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
