Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Mercury Systems Inc shares valued at $4,918 were sold by Munro Douglas on Sep 16 ’25. At $73.40 per share, Munro Douglas sold 67 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 16,007 shares worth approximately $1.32 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Munro Douglas purchased 67 shares, netting a total of over 4,918 in proceeds.
Before that, Ratner Steven had sold 7,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $446,312, the EVP, CHRO traded Mercury Systems Inc shares for $63.76 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,000 shares, worth approximately $2.79 million.
Analysts at RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of August 12, 2025, Raymond James has increased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Strong buy” for MRCY. Earlier on March 13, 2025, Truist upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for MRCY stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing MRCY Stock Performance
On last trading session, Mercury Systems Inc [NASDAQ: MRCY] rose 1.70% to $82.56. The stock’s lowest price that day was $80.125, but it reached a high of $83.45 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 12.89%. Over the course of the year, Mercury Systems Inc shares have jumped approximately 123.14%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $83.45 on 10/02/25 and a 52-week low of $39.42 on 01/29/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 80.64, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 78.72. In the upper region, resistance lies at 83.96. The next price resistance is at 85.37. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 73.66 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Mercury Systems Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Mercury Systems Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.4 million shares to 4.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 4.87 million shares. A decline of -9.04% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 8.14.
Which companies own the most shares of Mercury Systems Inc (MRCY)?
In terms of Mercury Systems Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 89 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.63% from the previous closing price of $81.18. Analysts anticipate Mercury Systems Inc stock to reach 90 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 88. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Mercury Systems Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On February 05, 2025, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $58.
