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Martin Cooper Buys 9,857 Shares of QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ) Stock

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QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ - Get Free Report) insider Martin Cooper purchased 9,857 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 21st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 505 ($6.83) per share, for a total transaction of £49,777.85 ($67,294.65).

QinetiQ Group Stock Performance

LON QQ traded up GBX 3.50 ($0.05) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 507 ($6.85). The company's stock had a trading volume of 665,442 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,555. The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 490.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 432.61. The company has a market cap of £2.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.48. QinetiQ Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 292.20 ($3.95) and a 12 month high of GBX 491 ($6.64). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 41.96, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.15.

QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that QinetiQ Group plc will post 26.1405108 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QQ has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Shore Capital reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of QinetiQ Group in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 570 ($7.71) price objective on shares of QinetiQ Group in a research report on Thursday, July 17th.

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About QinetiQ Group

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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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