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.
MDA Space (TSE:MDA) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CAE had 5 more articles in the media than MDA Space. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CAE and 17 mentions for MDA Space. MDA Space's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat CAE's score of -0.05 indicating that MDA Space is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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 presently has a consensus price target of C$31.43, indicating a potential upside of 20.09%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$38.45, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. Given MDA Space's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MDA Space is more favorable than CAE.
CAE received 295 more outperform votes than MDA Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.92% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave MDA Space an outperform vote.
29.0% of MDA Space shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of MDA Space shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are held by 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 beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MDA Space pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
MDA Space beats CAE on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MDA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
