MDA Space (MDA) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for MDA Space and its competitors, 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	2035	8008	12341	537	2.50

MDA Space currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.43%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 36.54%. Given MDA Space’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MDA Space is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MDA Space and its competitors top-line 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	$8.59 billion	$577.31 million	29.21

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

Profitability

This table compares MDA Space and its competitors’ 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%	-30.44%	-4.16%

Insider and 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MDA Space beats its competitors 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.