Mercury Systems, Inc. (MRCY)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Andover, United States | NasdaqGS
98.26 USD
-9.72
(-9.002%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:12 a.m. EDT
Mercury Systems is a high-risk recovery play in the defense sector. While the nine-year price trajectory shows a robust 97% gain and recent annual performance is positive, the company is currently unprofitable with negative earnings per share and a forward P/E exceeding 70. This valuation gap implies the market is pricing in a rapid turnaround rather than current operational reality. The options market mirrors this tension, with heavy put volume at lower strikes acting as a floor against aggressive call speculation at higher levels. With no dividend support and mixed analyst sentiment, this is a speculative momentum trade rather than a stable investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.288964 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.288964 |
| MSTL | 0.289598 |
| AutoTheta | 0.321237 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 7.13 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.229 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.57 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 44.426 |
| Revenue per Share | 16.299 |
| Market Cap | 5,899,853,312 |
| Forward P/E | 63.57 |
| Beta | 0.93 |
| Profit Margins | -1.46% |
| Website | https://www.mrcy.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:12 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated across expirations, ranging from 50% to 70%, indicating market uncertainty. Call open interest clusters above the current price at strikes between 110 and 130, suggesting speculative upside positioning. Conversely, put open interest is heavily concentrated at lower strikes, particularly the 80-strike level for the July 17 expiration, which acts as a significant hedge or floor. This mixed positioning reflects a wide range of expected outcomes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.96166897 |
| Address1 | 50 Minuteman Road |
| All Time High | 128.45 |
| All Time Low | 2.21 |
| Ask | 124.28 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 602,240 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 675,327 |
| Average Volume | 675,327 |
| Average Volume10Days | 602,240 |
| Beta | 0.932 |
| Bid | 76.35 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 24.835 |
| City | Andover |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 5 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 98.26 |
| Current Ratio | 3.186 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 106.44 |
| Day Low | 96.5 |
| Debt To Equity | 44.426 |
| 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 | 95,793,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09907 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 64.979 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 6.437 |
| Enterprise Value | 6,224,524,800 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.08283 |
| Eps Forward | 1.54581 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.21 |
| 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 | 104.59 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -6.329994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.060521986 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 96.1669 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 128.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -30.189995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.23503305 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 49.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 48.4 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.970718 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 49.86 - 128.45 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 886,170,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 55,533,432 |
| Forward Eps | 1.54581 |
| Forward P E | 63.56538 |
| Free Cashflow | 97,339,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,117 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.28683 |
| Gross Profits | 277,350,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01636 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.1311901 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 60,043,283 |
| 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 | 5,899,853,312 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_376921 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,569,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -14,101,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,782,518,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,899,852,987 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 114.83 |
| Operating Cashflow | 98,310,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.031630002 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.79 |
| Phone | 978 256 1300 |
| Pre Market Change | -1.9599991 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.994707 |
| Pre Market Price | 96.3 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,031,305 |
| Previous Close | 107.98 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 90.743706 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.9565132 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.1015334 |
| Profit Margins | -0.014579999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.988 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -9.72 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -9.00167 |
| Regular Market Day High | 106.44 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 96.5 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 96.5 - 106.44 |
| Regular Market Open | 114.83 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 107.98 |
| Regular Market Price | 98.26 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 712,527 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00527 |
| Return On Equity | -0.00963 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.115 |
| Revenue Per Share | 16.299 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 60,043,283 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0773 |
| Shares Short | 4,639,605 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,733,680 |
| Short Name | Mercury Systems Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0896 |
| Short Ratio | 5.35 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | MRCY |
| Target High Price | 120.0 |
| Target Low Price | 74.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 103.75 |
| Target Median Price | 105.5 |
| Total Cash | 331,800,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 5.526 |
| Total Debt | 656,472,000 |
| Total Revenue | 966,945,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.21 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 86.38535 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 11.874649 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.13746136 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 712,527 |
| Website | https://www.mrcy.com |
| Zip | 1,810 |