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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 377.40 -15.20 (-3.87%)
As of 04/4/2025

QQ vs. COB, BOE, GEC, CHG, SNR, CHRT, AVON, HARL, VEL, and AERO

Should you be buying QinetiQ Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QinetiQ Group include Cobham (COB), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Chemring Group (CHG), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Avon Protection (AVON), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Velocity Composites (VEL), and Strat Aero (AERO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

QinetiQ Group vs.

QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Cobham received 24 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.47% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QinetiQ GroupOutperform Votes
384
54.47%
Underperform Votes
321
45.53%
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%

QinetiQ Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 533.75, suggesting a potential upside of 41.43%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Cobham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QinetiQ Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

QinetiQ Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QinetiQ Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QinetiQ Group£1.89B1.10£132.62M£24.1515.63
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QinetiQ Group7.03% 14.98% 6.47%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cobham had 9 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat QinetiQ Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group Neutral
Cobham Neutral

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Cobham on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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QQ vs. The Competition

MetricQinetiQ GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.08B£10.17B£6.27B£2.41B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.61%3.55%4.95%
P/E Ratio15.6357.0819.48127.23
Price / Sales1.1073.6071.43259,673.22
Price / Cash9.1221.4026.8728.02
Price / Book2.353.673.454.35
Net Income£132.62M£235.10M£796.18M£5.80B
7 Day Performance-3.92%-6.09%-3.61%2.02%
1 Month Performance-16.84%-5.70%-5.81%0.11%
1 Year Performance5.71%47.36%5.47%95.41%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.8652 of 5 stars
GBX 377.40
-3.9%
GBX 533.75
+41.4%
+9.1%£2.08B£1.89B15.638,588Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
GEC
General Electric
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up
CHG
Chemring Group
1.1273 of 5 stars
GBX 370
-1.3%
GBX 429.50
+16.1%
+2.8%£993.99M£340.84M453.022,600Dividend Increase
SNR
Senior
3.3036 of 5 stars
GBX 148.80
-3.0%
GBX 191.50
+28.7%
-26.3%£623.36M£994.77M20.256,679Gap Down
CHRT
Cohort
N/AGBX 1,195
-1.2%
N/A+61.3%£542.41M£227.26M31.561,243Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Gap Up
AVON
Avon Protection
0.6723 of 5 stars
GBX 1,444
-2.6%
GBX 1,295
-10.3%
+25.8%£540.35M£256.92M-49.80928Dividend Increase
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
1.6117 of 5 stars
GBX 24
-0.8%
GBX 60
+150.0%
-29.0%£12.96M£20.40M-5.38102
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down
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This page (LON:QQ) was last updated on 4/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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