Mercury Systems, Inc.
$97.14+1.2%YTD+30.6%1Y+85.8%
Mentions · last 7 days
20+33%
Price updated 12m ago·X counts updated 17h ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MRCY, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MRCY.
Aerospace & Defense
No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.
What this means for $MRCY
Partial — Makes ruggedized compute modules and EW subsystems for military aircraft, ships, and ground vehicles; the defense budget expansion and space commercialization is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.
Top industry ETF
$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+7.1%YTD
+18.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-468.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
0.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
1.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
1.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
6.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
-1.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
27.7%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.27$0.06+350.0%
Q4 2025Feb 3, 2026$0.16$0.07+128.6%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.26$0.08+225.0%
Q2 2025Aug 11, 2025$0.47$0.21+123.8%
Next earningsMon, Aug 10·consensus EPS $0.38
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$235.8M+11.5%25.2%3.2%$-0.05$-1.8M
Q2 FY26$232.9M+4.4%26.0%-4.6%$-0.26$42.6M
Q1 FY26$225.2M+10.2%27.9%-3.8%$-0.21$-4.4M
Q4 FY25$273.1M+9.9%31.0%8.6%$-0.33$34.0M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$959.2M$956.3M – $963.3M$1.08$0.88 – $1.167
FY27$1.0B$1.0B – $1.1B$1.54$1.29 – $2.016
FY28$1.2B$1.2B – $1.2B$2.14$0.99 – $4.166
FY29$1.3B$1.2B – $1.3B$2.60$2.52 – $2.763
FY30$1.4B$1.3B – $1.4B$3.15$3.05 – $3.355
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.59%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+10.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 55.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.935-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMar 4SC 13D/A
+ 7 other (2 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 SD) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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