Analyzing MDA Space (MDA) and Its Competitors

MDA Space (NYSE:MDA) is one of 230 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare MDA Space to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares MDA Space and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDA Space	5.68%	9.42%	4.20%
MDA Space Competitors	-305.55%	-31.46%	-4.73%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for MDA Space and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDA Space	0	3	6	1	2.80
MDA Space Competitors	2072	8037	12366	539	2.49

MDA Space currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.94%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 30.16%. Given MDA Space’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MDA Space is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MDA Space and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDA Space	$1.17 billion	$77.65 million	53.85
MDA Space Competitors	$8.39 billion	$573.01 million	27.10

MDA Space’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than MDA Space. MDA Space is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MDA Space beats its peers on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

MDA Space Company Profile

MDA Space Ltd is a developer and manufacturer of technology and services to the space industry. It is an international space mission partner and robotics, satellite systems, and geo-intelligence pioneer. It is engaged in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, space exploration, and infrastructure. The Company collaborates and partners with governments and space agencies, commercial space companies, and defence and aerospace prime contractors in the space industry. Geographically, it generates the majority of its revenue from Canada.