Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY – Get Free Report) and Linkers Industries (NASDAQ:LNKS – Get Free Report) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Mercury Systems and Linkers Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Mercury Systems | $887.48 million | 3.33 | -$137.64 million | ($1.12) | -44.22 |
Linkers Industries | $22.75 million | 0.28 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mercury Systems and Linkers Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Mercury Systems | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.50 |
Linkers Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Mercury Systems currently has a consensus target price of $49.57, indicating a potential upside of 0.08%. Given Mercury Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mercury Systems is more favorable than Linkers Industries.
Profitability
This table compares Mercury Systems and Linkers Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Mercury Systems | -10.23% | -2.03% | -1.25% |
Linkers Industries | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mercury Systems beats Linkers Industries on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mercury Systems
Mercury Systems, Inc., a technology company, manufactures and sells components, products, modules, and subsystems for aerospace and defense industries in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its products and solutions are deployed in approximately 300 programs with 25 defense contractors and commercial aviation customers. 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 boards; and integrated subsystems. It also designs and develops 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. The company was formerly known as Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Mercury Systems, Inc. in November 2012. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
About Linkers Industries
Linkers Industries Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the business of manufacturing, supplying, and selling connectors, assemblies, wire, and cable harnesses. It operates through the following geographical segments: Thailand, Malaysia, Switzerland, the United States of America, and Others. The company was founded on December 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Sungai Petani, Malaysia.
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