Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $118.87: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.83; Below-average business quality.
Mercury Systems makes mission-critical processing systems for aerospace and defense, deployed in 300+ programs across 35 countries with $912M in fiscal 2025 revenue. Products span components to integrated subsystems for C4I, sensor processing, electronic warfare, and radar, sold... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $118.87: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.83; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 70, MACD bullish. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 60d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-12Recent Developments — Mercury Systems Inc
Latest news
- NEWS Mercury Systems Bags Multi-Year Contract To Deliver 1,000 Of RTBX06 BuiltSECURE Servers To Blue Raven — benzinga May 28, 2026 positive
- NEWS JANA Partners Decreases Stake In Markel Group To 75,307 Shares; Mercury Systems To 4,107,424 Shares — benzinga May 15, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Goldman Sachs Maintains Sell on Mercury System, Raises Price Target to $68 — benzinga May 11, 2026 negative
- NEWS Canaccord Genuity Maintains Buy on Mercury System, Raises Price Target to $106 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- NEWS Mercury Sys Q3 Adj. EPS $0.27 Beats $0.07 Estimate, Sales $235.759M Beat $209.866M Estimate — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerU.S. government and defense programs97%10-K Item 1A: 'to the U.S. government, as well as foreign governments, accounted for approximately 97%, 95% and 98% of our total net revenues in fiscal years 2025'
- MEDIUMCustomerRTX Corporation13%10-K Item 1A: 'In fiscal 2025, RTX Corporation accounted for 13% of our total net revenues and both Lockheed Martin and U. S. Navy accounted for 10% of our total net revenues.'
- MEDIUMCustomerLockheed Martin10%10-K Item 1A: 'In fiscal 2025, RTX Corporation accounted for 13% of our total net revenues and both Lockheed Martin and U. S. Navy accounted for 10% of our total net revenues.'
- HIGHSuppliersole-source suppliers for FPGAs, ASICs, processors10-K Item 1A: 'Several components used in our products are currently obtained from sole-source suppliers... dependent on a limited number of key vendors for certain critical components such as FPGAs'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -1.5%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $118.87: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.83; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 70, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $110.60. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $118.08 (-0.7% upside). Prior stop was $110.60. Stop-loss: $110.60.
Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government and defense programs (97.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source suppliers for FPGAs, ASICs, processors; Target reached (-25.7% upside).
Mercury Systems Inc trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 77.9). TrendMatrix value score: 4.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
15 analysts cover MRCY with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $102.
What does Mercury Systems Inc do?Mercury Systems makes mission-critical processing systems for aerospace and defense, deployed in 300+ programs across...
Mercury Systems makes mission-critical processing systems for aerospace and defense, deployed in 300+ programs across 35 countries with $912M in fiscal 2025 revenue. Products span components to integrated subsystems for C4I, sensor processing, electronic warfare, and radar, sold primarily to defense prime contractors and the U.S. government.