Mercury Systems, Inc. (MRCY)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Andover, United States | NasdaqGS
88.54 USD
-1.93
(-2.133%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 88.54 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:41 a.m. EDT
Mercury Systems presents a stark dichotomy between its explosive recent price performance and its deteriorating earnings quality. While the stock has surged 81% year-to-date and holds a fortress-like balance sheet with positive free cash flow, the company is currently unprofitable with negative margins and a 96% earnings contraction. This makes it a speculative growth play rather than a value compounder. Technically, the recent 20% pullback has tested the 200-day moving average, which remains intact at $89.95, suggesting a potential floor for a bounce. However, the heavy put volume near current prices indicates active hedging against further downside. Investors should view this as a high-risk turnaround candidate where capital allocation and margin expansion are critical, rather than a core holding. The lack of a dividend yield further limits income potential, making this suitable only for those willing to tolerate volatility in exchange for asymmetric upside if the earnings recovery materializes. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.107728 |
| AutoETS | 0.117381 |
| AutoTheta | 0.232265 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.328633 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 3.57 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.951 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.22 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 33.582 |
| Revenue per Share | 16.543 |
| Market Cap | 5,324,453,376 |
| Forward P/E | 39.58 |
| Beta | 1.00 |
| Profit Margins | -3.02% |
| Website | https://www.mrcy.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:41 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile range with a distinct split in sentiment. Call buyers are targeting upside at 130 to 135 strikes, indicating a belief in a recovery toward previous highs. Conversely, put buyers are heavily active near current levels, specifically at the 90 strike where volume significantly exceeded open interest, suggesting active hedging against further downside. Implied volatility is elevated for November expirations compared to near-term months, reflecting uncertainty about the timing of the next move.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.30860186 |
| Address1 | 50 Minuteman Road |
| All Time High | 128.45 |
| All Time Low | 2.21 |
| Ask | 89.19 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,138,640 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 758,506 |
| Average Volume | 758,506 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,138,640 |
| Beta | 0.998 |
| Bid | 88.39 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 25.125 |
| City | Andover |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 88.54 |
| Current Ratio | 2.963 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 90.62 |
| Day Low | 87.97 |
| Debt To Equity | 33.582 |
| Display Name | Mercury Systems |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,787,086,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,787,086,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.967 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.951 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,787,083,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,736,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,736,000 |
| Ebitda | 80,177,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.08151 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 70.008 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 5.706 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,613,029,376 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.67444 |
| Eps Forward | 2.23685 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.5 |
| 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 | 104.7786 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -16.238602 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.15498014 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 30.860186 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 128.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -39.909996 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.31070453 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 65.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 23.5 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3613161 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 65.04 - 128.45 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 886,170,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 55,542,334 |
| Forward Eps | 2.23685 |
| Forward P E | 39.582447 |
| Free Cashflow | 107,115,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,102 |
| Fullday Change | -1.93 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.1333 |
| Fullday Price | 88.54 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.28585 |
| Gross Profits | 281,164,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01385 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.13726 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 60,136,133 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Ir Website | http://ir.mrcy.com/index.cfm |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,783,036,800 |
| Last Split Date | 945,734,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Mercury Systems, Inc., engages in the aerospace and defense electronics industry. The company manufactures and sells components, products, modules, and subsystems for defense prime contractors, original equipment manufacturers, government, and commercial aerospace companies. It 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. The company 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 | 5,324,453,376 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_376921 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,783,036,800 |
| Net Income To Common | -29,673,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,814,572,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,439,914,591 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 90.57 |
| Operating Cashflow | 102,388,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01227 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.79 |
| Phone | 978 256 1300 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 88.54 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 90.47 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 52.87738 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.5239801 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 5.4131093 |
| Profit Margins | -0.03017 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.733 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.93 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.1333 |
| Regular Market Day High | 90.62 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 87.97 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 87.97 - 90.62 |
| Regular Market Open | 90.57 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 90.47 |
| Regular Market Price | 88.54 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 641,254 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0019699999 |
| Return On Equity | -0.01998 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.061 |
| Revenue Per Share | 16.543 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 60,136,133 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0828 |
| Shares Short | 4,979,217 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,805,548 |
| Short Name | Mercury Systems Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.096 |
| Short Ratio | 8.63 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | MRCY |
| Target High Price | 131.0 |
| Target Low Price | 78.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 114.77778 |
| Target Median Price | 120.0 |
| Total Cash | 214,306,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.564 |
| Total Debt | 502,881,984 |
| Total Revenue | 983,622,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.5 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 90.2931 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.7530975 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.019415632 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 641,254 |
| Website | https://www.mrcy.com |
| Zip | 1,810 |