MDA vs. CAE, HRX, MAL, FTG, VOL, AVP, FLY, MRS, LLL, and BBD.A
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 (BBD.A). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, MDA Space had 9 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MDA Space and 1 mentions for CAE. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat CAE's score of 0.52 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.5% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
CAE presently has a consensus target price of C$41.82, indicating a potential upside of 9.67%. MDA Space has a consensus target price of C$39.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given CAE's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than MDA Space.
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 has a beta of 1.251256, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDA Space has a beta of -0.991347, suggesting that its share price is 199% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MDA Space beats CAE on 9 of the 16 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 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
