Reviewing MDA Space (MDA) & The Competition

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations 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	6	1	2.80
MDA Space Competitors	2034	8007	12336	537	2.50

MDA Space presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.43%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 35.44%. Given MDA Space’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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	5.68%	9.42%	4.20%
MDA Space Competitors	-303.28%	-30.39%	-4.16%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MDA Space and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDA Space	$1.17 billion	$77.65 million	58.44
MDA Space Competitors	$8.50 billion	$577.31 million	29.49

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.

Summary

MDA Space beats its rivals 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.