MEGP vs. QQ, ROR, ULE, BAB, BBY, OLEE, AGK, GFTU, JLG, and BCA
Should you be buying ME Group International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ME Group International include QinetiQ Group (QQ), Rotork (ROR), Ultra Electronics (ULE), Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Oleeo (OLEE), Aggreko (AGK), Grafton Group (GFTU), John Laing Group (JLG), and BCA Marketplace (BCA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
ME Group International vs.
ME Group International (LON:MEGP) and QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
ME Group International presently has a consensus target price of GBX 201.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.64%. QinetiQ Group has a consensus target price of GBX 457.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. Given QinetiQ Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than ME Group International.
In the previous week, ME Group International and ME Group International both had 1 articles in the media. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat ME Group International's score of 0.10 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than ME Group International. ME Group International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QinetiQ Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ME Group International pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ME Group International pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. QinetiQ Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
ME Group International has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ME Group International has a net margin of 17.39% compared to QinetiQ Group's net margin of 7.30%. ME Group International's return on equity of 34.00% beat QinetiQ Group's return on equity.
59.1% of ME Group International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.2% of ME Group International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
QinetiQ Group received 370 more outperform votes than ME Group International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ME Group International an outperform vote while only 54.14% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.
Summary
QinetiQ Group beats ME Group International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MEGP) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
