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Mercury Systems, Inc. (MRCY)

Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Andover, United States | NasdaqGS
84.05 USD -0.86 (-1.013%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 84.54 +0.49 (0.583%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:08 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:57 a.m. EDT

Mercury Systems is a frustrating 'buy and hold' trap for swing traders: the fundamentals deteriorating (losses, negative margins, high-forward PE) prevent a strong bullish entry, while the weak near-term options flow and mixed analyst sentiment make short-term upside unlikely. The recent insider selling (CFO) suggests none of the management is chasing recent highs, signaling caution to wait for a better setup.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.193790
MSTL0.196381
AutoTheta0.287771
AutoARIMA0.449194

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 2.50
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.737
Excess Kurtosis -0.27
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Debt to Equity Ratio 46.519
Revenue per Share 15.926
Market Cap 5,044,230,144
Forward P/E 56.02
Beta 0.84
Profit Margins -3.23%
Website https://www.mrcy.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:57 a.m. EDT: Options data reveals a distinct lack of short-term directional conviction, particularly in near-term expirations (May/June 2026). ATM and near-ATM strikes show heavy inventory on both sides (e.g., $82.5 calls vs $100 puts/in the money) with roughly balanced volume, indicating speculators are hedging rather than taking directional views. IV is low across the board for near-term contracts, suggesting low volatility expectations. However, longer-term put OI (Dec 2026 in-the-money strikes) shows significant positioning, hinting at a belief in downside protection needs over 9-12 months, though current flow is flat.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.7792125
Address1 50 Minuteman Road
All Time High 103.84
All Time Low 2.21
Ask 107.25
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 487,490
Average Daily Volume3 Month 626,366
Average Volume 626,366
Average Volume10Days 487,490
Beta 0.841
Bid 62.19
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 24.588
City Andover
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 84.05
Current Ratio 2.956
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 88.055
Day Low 83.56
Debt To Equity 46.519
Display Name Mercury Systems
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,014,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,014,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,011,200
Ebitda 76,831,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08151
Enterprise To Ebitda 70.133
Enterprise To Revenue 5.717
Enterprise Value 5,388,407,808
Eps Current Year 0.96816
Eps Forward 1.50035
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.52
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 978 256 3599
Fifty Day Average 82.1542
Fifty Day Average Change 1.8958054
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.023076184
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 77.92125
Fifty Two Week High 103.84
Fifty Two Week High Change -19.789993
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1905816
Fifty Two Week Low 44.01
Fifty Two Week Low Change 40.040005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9097934
Fifty Two Week Range 44.01 - 103.84
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 886,170,600,000
Float Shares 55,454,120
Forward Eps 1.50035
Forward P E 56.020264
Free Cashflow 111,767,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 2,135
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.28159
Gross Profits 265,410,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01715
Held Percent Institutions 1.11366
Implied Shares Outstanding 60,014,632
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Industry Disp Aerospace & Defense
Industry Key aerospace-defense
Ir Website http://ir.mrcy.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,750,982,400
Last Split Date 945,734,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Mercury Systems, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,044,230,144
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_376921
Most Recent Quarter 1,766,707,200
Net Income To Common -30,410,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,518,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,044,229,819
Number Of Analyst Opinions 8
Open 86.62
Operating Cashflow 121,842,000
Operating Margins -0.02826
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.79
Phone 978 256 1300
Post Market Change 0.48999786
Post Market Change Percent 0.58298373
Post Market Price 84.54
Post Market Time 1,776,467,333
Previous Close 84.91
Price Eps Current Year 86.81417
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.4183342
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.3517127
Profit Margins -0.03226
Quick Ratio 1.866
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.860001
Regular Market Change Percent -1.01284
Regular Market Day High 88.055
Regular Market Day Low 83.56
Regular Market Day Range 83.56 - 88.055
Regular Market Open 86.62
Regular Market Previous Close 84.91
Regular Market Price 84.05
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 788,476
Return On Assets -0.00007
Return On Equity -0.02083
Revenue Growth 0.044
Revenue Per Share 15.926
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 60,014,632
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.074200004
Shares Short 4,450,059
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 3,942,005
Short Name Mercury Systems Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.086
Short Ratio 6.83
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol MRCY
Target High Price 120.0
Target Low Price 60.0
Target Mean Price 96.875
Target Median Price 101.0
Total Cash 334,990,016
Total Cash Per Share 5.582
Total Debt 679,168,000
Total Revenue 942,545,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.52
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 74.82015
Two Hundred Day Average Change 9.229851
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.12336049
Type Disp Equity
Volume 788,476
Website https://www.mrcy.com
Zip 1,810