MDA vs. CAE, HRX, MAL, FTG, VOL, AVP, FLY, MRS, LLL, and BBD.B
Should you be buying MDA Space stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MDA Space include CAE (CAE), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Volatus Aerospace (VOL), Avcorp Industries (AVP), FLYHT Aerospace Solutions (FLY), Mission Ready Solutions (MRS), lululemon athletica (LLL), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
MDA Space vs. Its Competitors
MDA Space (TSE:MDA) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
MDA Space has a beta of -0.991347, indicating that its stock price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.251256, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CAE had 2 more articles in the media than MDA Space. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CAE and 1 mentions for MDA Space. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat CAE's score of 0.00 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.3% of MDA Space shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MDA Space shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MDA Space has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
MDA Space has a net margin of 7.22% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. MDA Space's return on equity of 6.17% beat CAE's return on equity.
MDA Space presently has a consensus target price of C$38.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.78%. CAE has a consensus target price of C$41.82, indicating a potential upside of 4.18%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MDA Space is more favorable than CAE.
Summary
MDA Space beats CAE on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MDA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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This page (TSE:MDA) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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