Senior (SNR) Competitors

Senior (LON:SNR) and QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SNR or QQ more profitable?

QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Senior's net margin of 3.09%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Senior's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Senior	3.09%	6.67%	2.65%
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SNR or QQ?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Senior	£994.77M	0.68	£30.78M	£7.35	21.92
QinetiQ Group	£1.89B	1.13	£132.62M	£24.15	15.93

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNR or QQ?

Senior received 294 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.81% of users gave Senior an outperform vote while only 54.27% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Senior	Outperform Votes 675 71.81%	Underperform Votes 265 28.19%
QinetiQ Group	Outperform Votes 381 54.27%	Underperform Votes 321 45.73%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SNR or QQ?

86.0% of Senior shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Senior shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SNR or QQ?

Senior currently has a consensus price target of GBX 191.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.94%. QinetiQ Group has a consensus price target of GBX 532.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.38%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Senior.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Senior	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
QinetiQ Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SNR or QQ a better dividend stock?

Senior pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Senior pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SNR or QQ?

Senior has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SNR or QQ?

In the previous week, Senior had 2 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Senior and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Senior's score of 0.75 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Senior	Positive
QinetiQ Group	Positive

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Senior on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.