MDA vs. CAE, BBD.B, BBD.A, HRX, MAL, FTG, VOL, AVP, FLY, and MRS
Should you be buying MDA Space stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MDA Space include CAE (CAE), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Bombardier (BBD.A), Héroux-Devtek (HRX), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Firan Technology Group (FTG), Volatus Aerospace (VOL), Avcorp Industries (AVP), FLYHT Aerospace Solutions (FLY), and Mission Ready Solutions (MRS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
MDA Space vs. Its Competitors
CAE (TSE:CAE) and MDA Space (TSE:MDA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MDA Space pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CAE pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDA Space pays out 263.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDA Space has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CAE currently has a consensus price target of C$39.68, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. MDA Space has a consensus price target of C$32.89, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than MDA Space.
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.
In the previous week, MDA Space had 8 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for MDA Space and 12 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat MDA Space's score of 0.08 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MDA Space beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
