MDA Space Ltd. (MDA)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Brampton, Canada | NYSE
31.47 USD
-2.53
(-7.441%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is mixed due to conflicting signals. On one hand, the company boasts a 'strong buy' analyst consensus with a mean target of $43.81, implying significant upside potential driven by the Blue Canyon acquisition and contract wins. However, the price action over the last two weeks has been volatile and bearish, closing lower despite the news, which suggests the market is skeptical of the immediate execution or valuation. The options data confirms this skepticism: traders are aggressively buying puts to cap losses, creating a heavy overhang that makes a short-term pop difficult without a catalyst to break the selling pressure. Consequently, while the long-term thesis appears intact given the strategic moves, the short-term path is fraught with volatility and resistance. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.232489 |
| AutoTheta | 0.235226 |
| AutoETS | 0.235240 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.244566 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 1.05 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.330 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.07 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Revenue per Share | 58.139 |
| Market Cap | 4,371,785,216 |
| Trailing P/E | 60.52 |
| Forward P/E | 26.79 |
| Profit Margins | 2.24% |
| Previous Name | MDA Ltd. |
| Website | https://mda.space |
As of July 11, 2026, 2:38 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (over 1,100 contracts at the $40 strike) compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative call buying at the $40 strike, the overwhelming sentiment is hedging against a drop, suggesting a 'sell on strength' dynamic rather than a momentum breakout.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.10389614 |
| Address1 | 7,500 Financial Drive |
| All Time High | 49.37 |
| All Time Low | 23.23 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,095,710 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,274,267 |
| Average Volume | 1,274,267 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,095,710 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 600 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 7.7147512 |
| City | Brampton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 31.47 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 33.665 |
| Day Low | 31.41 |
| Display Name | MDA Space |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.014 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.02 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,019,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,019,400 |
| Ebitda | 150,400,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07166 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.49735 |
| Eps Forward | 1.1748232 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.52 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 38.3842 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -6.9142017 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.18013145 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 10.389614 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 49.37 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -17.9 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.36256835 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 23.23 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.24 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.35471374 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 23.23 - 49.37 |
| Financial Currency | CAD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,773,322,200,000 |
| Forward Eps | 1.1748232 |
| Forward P E | 26.78701 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 4,800 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 2,098,800,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.08849 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.71956 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 138,919,141 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,419,984,000 |
| Long Business Summary | MDA Space Ltd. provides space technology solutions and services in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and internationally. It offers satellite communications solutions, such as space-based broadband Internet, direct-to-device satellite communication, and IoT connectivity; MDA AURORA, a software-defined digital satellite product line; and autonomous robotics systems and services used to operate in space and on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. The company also provides robotic systems, robotic interfaces, tooling, robotic ground control stations, and operations services; electro-optic and light detection and ranging sensors, vision and targeting systems, guidance, navigation, and control subsystems and planetary rover locomotion subsystems; MDA SKYMAKER, a suite of scalable and modular space robotics; and Canadarm3, a robotics system. In addition, it offers satellite-generated imagery and data to deliver critical and value-added insights for end users, such as national security, climate change monitoring, and maritime surveillance; collection, processing, and dissemination of Earth imagery data from space; defense command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions, including command and control systems and airborne surveillance solutions; aeronautical navigation information solutions; and long endurance uncrewed aerial vehicle surveillance services. Further, operates as an owner and operator of the RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite; and is involved in the operation of MDA CHORUS, an Earth observation mission. It serves governments and space agencies, commercial space companies, and defense and aerospace prime contractors in the space industry. The company was formerly known as MDA Ltd. and changed its name to MDA Space Ltd. in May 2024. MDA Space Ltd. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada. |
| Long Name | MDA Space Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,371,785,216 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_708681388 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,498,780,800 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-07-13 |
| Net Income To Common | 47,100,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,451,520,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,371,985,080 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 33.73 |
| Operating Margins | 0.1223 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 905 790 2800 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.24199867 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.7689821 |
| Pre Market Price | 31.228 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,023,339 |
| Prev Name | MDA Ltd. |
| Previous Close | 34.0 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 21.01713 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.0791984 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.0829928 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02244 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.53 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -7.44118 |
| Regular Market Day High | 33.665 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 31.41 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 31.41 - 33.665 |
| Regular Market Open | 33.73 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 34.0 |
| Regular Market Price | 31.47 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,224,746 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.002 |
| Revenue Per Share | 58.139 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 138,919,141 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0099 |
| Shares Short | 1,778,962 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,157,311 |
| Short Name | MDA Space Ltd. |
| Short Ratio | 0.91 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ON |
| Symbol | MDA |
| Target High Price | 51.229816 |
| Target Low Price | 38.824562 |
| Target Mean Price | 43.939297 |
| Target Median Price | 41.763508 |
| Total Revenue | 2,098,800,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.52 |
| Trailing P E | 60.51923 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 35.32217 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.852171 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.109058164 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,224,746 |
| Website | https://mda.space |
| Zip | L6Y 6K7 |