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Mercury

NSQ:MRCY · US5893781089
Aerospace & DefenseMedium

360

14
EV / EBIT5
Price / Owner Earnings5
Owner Earnings Yield26
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales27
EV / Gross Profit18
Price/Book39
Return on Capital13
Cash Return on Capital26
Return on Equity14
EBIT Margin14
Gross Profitability27
Accruals89
Owner Earnings Margin36
Sales growth19
Profit Growth34
Owner Earnings Growth70
Reinvestment51
Price momentum89
Debt load60
Refinancing73
Debt Payback20
Liquidity22
Analyst ratings24
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside5
Market mood17
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Mercury clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryAerospace & Defense
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1981
Employees1,694
Websitemrcy.com
ISINUS5893781089
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)D.J. US Aerospace & Defense
Themes
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)Drone TechnologySensorsEncryptionDefenseTechArtificial IntelligenceSimulationSoftware DevelopmentDetectors, Sensors and MemsSecurity ManagementComputerElectronicsManufacturingProduct Design

Description

Mercury Systems, Inc. (Mercury) is a technology company that delivers mission-critical processing to the edge - where signals and data are collected - to solve the most pressing aerospace and defense challenges. Mercury’s products and solutions are…

Analysis

Hope premium

Mercury Systems, Inc. carries what we call a hope premium: an average business trading at an ambitious price.

The price is expensive. You pay 197.2× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone.

The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
8
2023202420252026

All-time high

66

Jan 2025

All-time low

8

Jun 2026

Average rank

29

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
27
54
71
69
Price/Earnings
5
14
38
51
Price/Book
39
78
87
76
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
4
35
57
59

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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