Senior (SNR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QQ or SNR?

Senior received 291 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.81% of users gave Senior an outperform vote while only 54.47% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QinetiQ Group	Outperform Votes 384 54.47%	Underperform Votes 321 45.53%
Senior	Outperform Votes 675 71.81%	Underperform Votes 265 28.19%

Which has more volatility & risk, QQ or SNR?

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

Do analysts recommend QQ or SNR?

QinetiQ Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 533.75, indicating a potential upside of 38.06%. Senior has a consensus target price of GBX 191.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.74%. Given Senior's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Senior is more favorable than QinetiQ Group.

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
Senior	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QQ or SNR?

59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Senior shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Senior shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is QQ or SNR a better dividend stock?

QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Senior pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Senior pays out 27.2% 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.

Does the media favor QQ or SNR?

In the previous week, QinetiQ Group had 1 more articles in the media than Senior. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for QinetiQ Group and 0 mentions for Senior. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Senior's score of 0.00 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group	Positive
Senior	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, QQ or SNR?

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
QinetiQ Group	£1.89B	1.13	£132.62M	£24.15	16.01
Senior	£994.77M	0.53	£30.78M	£7.35	17.18

Is QQ or SNR 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
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%
Senior	3.09%	6.67%	2.65%

Summary

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