MDA Space is trading 4.4% down at CA$46.03 as investors continue to digest the dilutive impact of its equity financing for the CLS acquisition.
- The company recently agreed to purchase a 70% stake in CLS for approximately C$920 million in cash.
- To fund the transaction, MDA Space launched a sizeable, upsized bought-deal share offering.
- The equity issuance is being viewed as dilutive, putting short-term pressure on the stock as the market weighs the acquisition's scale.