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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 412.40 +5.40 (+1.33%)
(As of 12/24/2024 ET)

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.

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

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

QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.30% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.74% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CobhamN/A N/A N/A
QinetiQ Group 7.30%14.74%6.47%

Cobham received 28 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.21% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%
QinetiQ GroupOutperform Votes
380
54.21%
Underperform Votes
321
45.79%

QinetiQ Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A
QinetiQ Group£1.91B1.22£139.60M£0.241,718.33

In the previous week, QinetiQ Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cobham. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for QinetiQ Group and 0 mentions for Cobham. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat QinetiQ Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cobham Positive
QinetiQ Group Neutral

QinetiQ Group has a consensus price target of GBX 503.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.05%. 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
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
QinetiQ Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Cobham on 12 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£2.33B£7.62B£4.70B£1.95B
Dividend Yield1.85%2.69%3.95%5.17%
P/E Ratio1,718.33261.94371.681,929.76
Price / Sales1.2260.49457.60460,965.61
Price / Cash9.1220.5329.9829.23
Price / Book2.553.153.412.33
Net Income£139.60M£252.47M£196.94M£183.67M
7 Day Performance1.23%-0.18%0.22%0.09%
1 Month Performance-4.67%0.20%0.40%30.19%
1 Year Performance33.29%121.24%28.28%153.24%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
1.035 of 5 stars
GBX 412.40
+1.3%
GBX 503.33
+22.0%
+31.5%£2.33B£1.91B1,718.338,588
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
2.6533 of 5 stars
GBX 325.50
+0.8%
GBX 429.50
+32.0%
-5.3%£882.17M£489.70M2,959.092,600Gap Up
SNR
Senior
1.4152 of 5 stars
GBX 160.20
+0.8%
GBX 191.50
+19.5%
-10.0%£661.08M£982.60M2,288.576,679Gap Down
CHRT
Cohort
N/AGBX 1,115
+1.8%
N/A+101.4%£450.91M£202.53M2,934.211,243News Coverage
Gap Down
AVON
Avon Protection
0.6218 of 5 stars
GBX 1,420
-0.4%
GBX 1,295
-8.8%
+74.9%£426M£269.30M-3,086.96928
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 26.30
+2.3%
GBX 60
+128.1%
-27.5%£14.06M£20.18M-328.74102High Trading Volume
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 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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