MRCY
Mercury Systems, Inc.
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · NMS
$97.11
Close 2026-05-28
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 86%
Full financial profile available
Market Cap
$5.8B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E
63.40
Rev Growth
+11.5%
Profit Margin
-1.5%
ROE
-1.0%
Analyst Target
$102.50
Recommendation
BUY
About Mercury Systems, Inc.

Mercury Systems, Inc., a technology company, manufactures and sells components, products, modules, and subsystems for defense prime contractors, original equipment manufacturers, government, and commercial aerospace companies. The company offers components, including power amplifiers and limiters, switches, oscillators, filters, equalizers, digital and analog converters, chips, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, and memory and storage devices; modules and sub-assemblies, such as embedded processing boards, switched fabrics and boards, digital receivers, multi-chip modules, integrated radio frequency and microwave multi-function assemblies, tuners, and transceivers, as well as graphics and video; and integrated subsystems. It also designs, develops, and manufactures digital radio frequency memory units for various modern electronic warfare applications; radar environment simulation and test systems for defense and intelligence applications; and signals intelligence payloads and EO/IR technologies for small UAV platforms, as well as onboard UAV processor systems for real-time wide area motion imagery. It operates in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Mercury Systems, Inc. in November 2012. Mercury Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityFAIL
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue RatioN/A
OverallFAIL
Score Ethical: 50.0
Score Valuation: 22.5
Score Quality: 30.0
Score Combined: 31.7

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation15.0
Quality20.6
Cash Flow20.9
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity50.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: WATCH · Score: 32.3 · Rank: #4936
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$6.8B
Price/Book
4.35
Beta
0.830
Analysts
8
Total Revenue (TTM)
$966.9M
Total Debt
$656.5M
Rec. Mean
2.00
Short Ratio
8.57
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
2,117

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 31.7 (P16 — top 83.7% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical FAIL. 8 analysts at Buy.
Price: $97.11 | Target: $100.25 (+3%)
Score
32
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+3%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+11.5%
Profit Margin-1.5%
ROE-1.0%
Forward P/E63.4
Market Cap$5.8B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $82.54 (-15%) | Entry: $97.11
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($100.25, 8 analysts)
10$971.10+$31.40 (3%)0.2R
50$4,855.50+$157.00 (3%)0.2R
100$9,711.00+$314.00 (3%)0.2R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (8.57 days to cover)
  • Valuation stretched on forward earnings
The Verdict
Mercury Systems, Inc. holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

A
Quant Score
80.8
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Quality: HIGH_SORTINO
Risk Profile

How much could this ticker lose on a bad day? These metrics measure worst-case scenarios from historical data.

VaR 95%
-4.0%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-5.9%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
1.86
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-32.2%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

Based on 10,000 simulated price paths, here is the probability of where this ticker could be in 30, 60, and 90 days.

30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
75
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
ABOVE_UPPER
Beta
Relative Volume
1.5x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
Correlations

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Seasonality

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Best Day
Monday
Worst Day
Thursday
Best Month
May
Worst Month
Mar
Fri-Mon Effect
-0.23587086273126062
Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
+41.3%
3M Return
+20.7%
6M Return
+62.2%
12M Return
+120.2%
Momentum Rank
#311
Momentum Signal
STRONG_UP

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