Mercury Systems Inc MRCY

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
44/100
Developing

Ranked against 79 peers in Aerospace & Defense

About Mercury Systems Inc

Mercury Systems, Inc., a technology company, manufactures and sells components, products, modules, and subsystems for defense prime contractors, original equipment manufacturers, government, and commercial aerospace companies. The company offers components, including power amplifiers and limiters, switches, oscillators, filters, equalizers, digital and analog converters, chips, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, and memory and storage devices; modules and sub-assemblies, such as embedded processing … Full MRCY analysis →

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.30), raising refinancing risk.
  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.39), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where MRCY ranks in Aerospace & Defense

Mercury Systems Inc ranks #41 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score — the top 51%. The widest moat in the group is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) at 80/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
37 V2X, Inc. VVX 51/100 Moderate
38 VSE Corporation VSEC 51/100 Moderate
39 Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON 46/100 Developing
40 Space Exploration Technologies SPCX 45/100 Developing
41 Mercury Systems Inc MRCY 44/100 Developing
42 Boeing Company (The) BA 43/100 Developing
43 Planet Labs PBC PL 42/100 Developing
44 Redwire Corporation RDW 41/100 Developing
45 SIFCO Industries, Inc. SIF 40/100 Developing

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How MRCY scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 31 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 47 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 66 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 37 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 46 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 43 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding MRCY's moat

What is Mercury Systems Inc's moat score?

Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY) scores 44 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #41 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense, the top 51%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (66/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (31/100).

How does Mercury Systems Inc compare with other Aerospace & Defense companies?

Mercury Systems Inc ranks #41 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score. The widest moat in Aerospace & Defense is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) at 45 just above it and Boeing Company (The) (BA) at 43 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Mercury Systems Inc scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Mercury Systems Inc?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MRCY scores: Pricing Power (31), Cost Advantage (47), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (37), Resilience (46), Scale & Market Position (43). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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