MDA Space (MDA) Competitors

MDA Space (TSE:MDA) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is MDA or CAE more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDA Space	7.22%	6.17%	2.12%
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%

Do analysts prefer MDA or CAE?

MDA Space presently has a consensus price target of C$32.89, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$39.68, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given CAE's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than MDA Space.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDA Space	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, MDA or CAE?

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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MDA or CAE?

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MDA or CAE a better dividend stock?

MDA Space pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.

Does the media favor MDA or CAE?

In the previous week, MDA Space had 3 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 15 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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MDA Space	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MDA or CAE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDA Space	C$952.93M	4.49	C$68.84M	C$0.56	62.40
CAE	C$4.32B	2.96	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-38.27

Summary

MDA Space beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.