Mercury Systems saw an improvement in its IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating Tuesday, from 93 to 97.
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The new score tells you the company is now outperforming 97% of all stocks in terms of the most important fundamental and technical stock-picking criteria. History shows the top market performers tend to have a 95 or higher score as they launch their major climbs.
Mercury Systems is currently extended beyond a proper buy zone after breaking out from a 54.32 entry in a flat base.
The stock has an 80 EPS Rating, which means its recent quarterly and longer-term annual earnings growth tops 80% of all stocks.
Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of A shows heavy buying by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.
The company reported a 104% earnings-per-share gain for Q4. Sales growth increased 10%, up from 1% in the prior report. That marks one quarter of rising revenue gains.
Mercury Systems holds the No. 11 rank among its peers in the Aerospace/Defense industry group. GE Aerospace, Innovative Sol & Support and Karman Holdings are among the top 5 highly-rated stocks within the group.
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