Head to Head Contrast: MDA Space (MDA) and Its Rivals

MDA Space (NYSE:MDA) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare MDA Space to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for MDA Space and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDA Space	0	3	7	1	2.82
MDA Space Competitors	2157	8270	12785	581	2.50

MDA Space currently has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.86%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 26.96%. Given MDA Space’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MDA Space is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDA Space	5.75%	9.21%	4.55%
MDA Space Competitors	-348.96%	-46.51%	-4.31%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDA Space	$1.17 billion	$77.65 million	57.26
MDA Space Competitors	$8.44 billion	$569.54 million	25.86

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MDA Space beats its rivals on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

MDA Space Company Profile

MDA Space is a Canadian space technology company that develops and provides systems and services for government, commercial and defense customers. Its work spans satellite communications, Earth observation and space robotics, supporting missions and operations on Earth and in orbit. The company designs and builds satellites and related systems, provides geospatial data and analytics, and develops robotic technologies for space. Its robotics work includes contributions to the Canadarm2 and Dextre systems on the International Space Station, as well as work on Canadarm3, planned for the Lunar Gateway.