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Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY) vs Planet Labs PBC (PL)

Mercury Systems Inc and Planet Labs PBC are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Planet Labs PBC is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $4.7B — 1.1× the size. Planet Labs PBC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 44.1% against 7.85%. Mercury Systems Inc has the higher net margin (−3.02% vs −95.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.01% vs −44.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mercury Systems Inc leads on 16 and Planet Labs PBC on 3.

Valuation

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
P/E n/m n/m 31.81
P/S 4.49 12.82 3.55
P/B 2.95 8.60 2.59
Price to free cash flow 64.86 244.11 31.99
EV/EBITDA 63.78 n/m 18.08
EV/Sales 4.73 11.74 3.37
Earnings yield (0.67%) (8.15%) 1.38%
Free cash flow yield 1.54% 0.41% 0.21%

Profitability

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 28.58% 55.42% 25.48%
Operating margin 0.03% (27.16%) 4.54%
Net margin (3.02%) (95.13%) 2.22%
Free cash flow margin 6.92% 5.25% 1.43%
Return on equity (2.00%) (71.97%) 6.43%
Return on assets (1.25%) (33.83%) 2.70%
Return on invested capital 0.01% (44.19%) 1.56%

Growth

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.85% 44.12% 18.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.08% (90.48%) 24.27%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.26% 22.15% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.29 0.79 0.24
Current ratio 2.96 2.84 2.72
Net debt to EBITDA 3.11 3.64 1.12

Dividend

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield — — 0.90%
Payout ratio — — 0.32

Size

Metric MRCY PL Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 4.65b 5.29b 2.19b

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