MRCY

Mercury Systems, Inc.
IndustrialsAerospace & DefenseNASDAQ
$111.70
+$17.78 (15.92%)today
Conviction
4/ 10
Fair Value$97
Upside-13.16%
Signal0
Market Cap$4.6B
52W Range$42–$103.84
Next EarningsMay 5

Conviction History

Conviction Changes

No conviction changes recorded

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Price History

FAIR VALUE ANALYSISMonte Carlo · 5,000 runs · 99% valid
Fair Value$28.21
Current Price$77.26
Upside / Down-63.5%
P(Undervalued)0.0%
P(20%+ Up)0.0%
P(15%+ Down)100.0%

Fair Value Distribution — percentile bands

0.0% of simulations place fair value above current price

WHAT IS PRICED IN

Revenue-Based Reverse DCF

24.8%/yr

±6.1% · revenue growth to justify current price

FCF-Based Reverse DCF

21.4%/yr

±3.5% · FCF growth to justify current price

THE GAP

Market pricing margin expansion or capex normalization

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Bull Case

$823M backlog provides 6+ quarters of revenue visibility — the orders are there, it's execution that's lagging. Losses improved 21% YoY, and the trusted/classified computing moat remains intact. If management delivers even modest revenue acceleration with the existing backlog, re-rating from $28 to $35-40 is straightforward.

Bear Case

Turnaround is all talk, no proof. Gross margins compressed to 26% despite restructuring and a 28% R&D cut — that's cutting the seed corn. $938M in goodwill (64% of equity) is an impairment bomb if execution doesn't accelerate. No forward guidance suggests management has low confidence in near-term momentum.

Thesis Breakers

Goodwill impairment, revenue growth below 5% for two consecutive quarters, debt covenant breach

Updated Mar 11

Research Feed

sec_10qMar 10
Conviction: unchanged
MRCY 10-Q FQ2 2026 Analysis: Stabilizing but Unproven Turnaround

Operationally stabilizing (losses down 21% YoY) but turnaround unproven. $823.5M RPO strong, but 4.4% Q2 revenue growth minimal and margin compression continues. Deeply unprofitable with 2-3 year runw...