Quality metrics fall below the minimum acceptable threshold and the risk/reward geometry turns unfavorable at current prices, while near-total dependence on government customers amplifies program risk; only four consecutive earnings beats—with an average positive surprise near 186%—offer a counterweight to an otherwise challenged setup.
Thesis pillars
- Unattractive Reward Risk Geometry→Stable
- Government Customer Concentration Fragility↑Improving
- Quality Below Minimum Threshold↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $111.12: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Mercury Systems designs and manufactures mission-critical processing hardware for aerospace and defense applications, including sensor processing, electronic warfare, and C4I systems deployed in over 300 programs across 35 countries. Fiscal 2025 revenues totaled $912 million,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $111.12: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 57, MACD bullish. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.70, news boost analyst cluster(6), semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 4d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
About Mercury Systems Inc
About Mercury Systems Inc
Government and defense prime contractor sales accounted for approximately 97% of Mercury Systems' $912 million in fiscal 2025 revenues, with RTX Corporation (13%), Lockheed Martin (10%), and the U.S. Navy (10%) as the three largest customers. The company has deployed products across more than 300 active programs in 35 countries, operating through four business units that span signal processing, compute, data management, and display technologies from component to integrated-system scale.
Mercury earns revenue through two models: a product model based on standard components, modules, and subsystems funded by internal R&D, and a solutions model built around custom mission-specific systems developed with government and prime contractor customers. Government-funded programs are subject to Congressional appropriations, and the 10-K notes the U.S. defense budget frequently operates under a continuing budget resolution, which increases revenue uncertainty and volatility. Several components—including FPGAs, ASICs, processors, memory products, and specialty glass—are sourced from sole-source suppliers that may terminate contracts on 30 days' notice. During fiscal 2025, Mercury outsourced its former Swiss manufacturing operations to Cicor Group as part of an ongoing effort to streamline its supply chain.
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Program-level concentration within the government customer base may amplify revenue volatility beyond what the 97% government share implies. The 10-K identifies the F-35, F/A-18, KC-46, LTAMDS, SCAR, and THAAD programs as potentially constituting a large portion of future revenues, noting that loss or cancellation of these programs could adversely affect future results. Mercury's fiscal 2024 net loss of $137.6 million—driven in part by a production halt on multiple secure computing programs during a root-cause analysis—illustrates how single-program execution issues can materially impair results even when the overall government revenue concentration remains stable.
See also: Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
From Mercury Systems Inc's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-15Recent Developments — Mercury Systems Inc
Latest news
- NEWS Jana Partners Takes New Stake In Mercury Sys Inc With 3,958,849 Shares. — benzinga Aug 14, 2026 positive
- NEWS $1000 Invested In Mercury System 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today — benzinga Aug 14, 2026 positive
- NEWS This Mercury Systems Analyst Begins Coverage On A Bullish Note; Here Are Top 5 Initiations For Wednesday — benzinga Aug 12, 2026 positive
- NEWS Piper Sandler Initiates Coverage On Mercury System with Overweight Rating, Announces Price Target of $126 — benzinga Aug 12, 2026 positive
- NEWS 10 Industrials Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session — benzinga Aug 5, 2026 neutral
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomergovernment customers97%10-K Item 1A: 'to the U.S. government, as well as foreign governments, accounted for approximately 97%...of our total net revenues in fiscal years 2025'
- LOWCustomerRTX Corporation13%10-K Item 1A: 'In fiscal 2025, RTX Corporation accounted for 13% of our total net revenues'
- LOWCustomerLockheed Martin10%10-K Item 1A: 'both Lockheed Martin and U. S. Navy accounted for 10% of our total net revenues'
- LOWCustomerU.S. Navy10%10-K Item 1A: 'both Lockheed Martin and U. S. Navy accounted for 10% of our total net revenues'
- HIGHSuppliersole-source component suppliers10-K Item 1A: 'Several components used in our products are currently obtained from sole-source suppliers'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -1.5%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $111.12: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 57, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $103.34. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $113.03 (-16.8% upside). Prior stop was $103.34. Stop-loss: $103.34.
Concentration risk — Customer: government customers (97.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: sole-source component suppliers; Target reached (-16.8% upside).
Mercury Systems Inc trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 72.9). TrendMatrix value score: 5.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover MRCY with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $106.
What does Mercury Systems Inc do?Mercury Systems designs and manufactures mission-critical processing hardware for aerospace and defense applications,...
Mercury Systems designs and manufactures mission-critical processing hardware for aerospace and defense applications, including sensor processing, electronic warfare, and C4I systems deployed in over 300 programs across 35 countries. Fiscal 2025 revenues totaled $912 million, generated almost entirely from sales to U.S. and foreign defense prime contractors and government customers.