“The increase was also driven by software licensing fees and litigation and settlement expense of $3.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively.”10-K · Aug 18, 2026 ↗
Mercury Systems, Inc.
MRCY
Market read
Mercury Systems, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 8 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Efficiency improvements and headcount reductions across fiscal 2025 and 2026 lowered expense by $13.1 million.
- Headcount reductions across fiscal 2025 and 2026 lowered expense and contributed to the operating improvement.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MRCY's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 8 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Efficiency improvements and headcount reductions across fiscal 2025 and 2026 lowered expense by $13.1 million.
- Headcount reductions across fiscal 2025 and 2026 lowered expense and contributed to the operating improvement.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +7.9% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +2.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +1.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- EV/sales is 63% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
80.41Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Key assumptions of the forecast model over expected revenues, expenses, capital expenditures, and working capital, as well as discount factors and income tax rates are subject to a high degree of judgment and complexity.”10-K · Aug 18, 2026 ↗
“The decrease was driven by lower interest rates during the period on our existing credit facility (the "Revolver").”10-Q · May 5, 2026 ↗
“The lower gross margin was driven primarily by execution on lower margin programs, higher scrap of $3.1 million, higher inventory reserves of $2.4 million, partially offset by lower manufacturing variances of $5.3 million and net estimate at completion ("EAC"…”10-Q · Feb 3, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.9× · EV/sales 4.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 10:35 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MRCY. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for MRCY. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind MRCY
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
BAThe Boeing CompanycustomerAug 11, 2025 ▾
“Our top customers include Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation and the U.S.”
DRSLeonardo DRS, Inc.customerAug 11, 2025 ▾
“Our top customers include Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation and the U.S.”
Depended on by
FEIMFrequency Electronics, Inc.competitorJul 18, 2025 ▾
“With respect to non-space products, such as systems for precision time for terrestrial secure communication and command and control, and products for multiple applications in the EW market, the Company competes with larger domestic companies such as Microchip…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
MRCY is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Defense and Coal. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for MRCY; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.