QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ) Insider Buys £152.21 in Stock

QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ - Get Free Report) insider Steve Wadey bought 31 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 491 ($6.62) per share, for a total transaction of £152.21 ($205.27).

Steve Wadey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, June 11th, Steve Wadey sold 75,060 shares of QinetiQ Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 517 ($6.97), for a total transaction of £388,060.20 ($523,344.84).
• On Tuesday, June 10th, Steve Wadey bought 27 shares of QinetiQ Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 548 ($7.39) per share, for a total transaction of £147.96 ($199.54).
• On Friday, May 9th, Steve Wadey purchased 35 shares of QinetiQ Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 428 ($5.77) per share, with a total value of £149.80 ($202.02).

QinetiQ Group Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of QQ traded up GBX 0.20 ($0.00) during trading hours on Monday, hitting GBX 488.60 ($6.59). The company had a trading volume of 728,929 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,555. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 481.83 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 429.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.96, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.48. QinetiQ Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 292.20 ($3.94) and a 52-week high of GBX 491 ($6.62).

QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. The company reported GBX 26.10 ($0.35) earnings per share for the quarter. QinetiQ Group had a return on equity of 14.98% and a net margin of 7.03%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that QinetiQ Group plc will post 26.1405108 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QQ has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of QinetiQ Group in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Berenberg Bank lifted their price target on QinetiQ Group from GBX 500 ($6.74) to GBX 570 ($7.69) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, June 2nd.

QinetiQ Group Company Profile

QinetiQ Group plc operates as a science and engineering company in the defense, security, and infrastructure markets in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and internationally. The company operates through EMEA Services and Global Solutions segments. It offers advanced materials and manufacturing products; artificial intelligence, analytics, and advanced computing technologies; cyber and electromagnetic technologies; human protection and performance systems; novel systems, and weapons and effects; platform, and system design and assessment products; power sources, and energy storage and distribution products; robotics and autonomy services; secure communications and navigation systems; and sensing, processing, and data fusion systems.

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