AVON vs. QQ, CHG, BOE, GEC, SNR, CHRT, HARL, VEL, AERO, and RR
Should you be buying Avon Protection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avon Protection include QinetiQ Group (QQ), Chemring Group (CHG), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Velocity Composites (VEL), Strat Aero (AERO), and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Avon Protection vs. Its Competitors
Avon Protection (LON:AVON) and QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, QinetiQ Group had 2 more articles in the media than Avon Protection. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for QinetiQ Group and 1 mentions for Avon Protection. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Avon Protection's score of 0.00 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
QinetiQ Group has a consensus price target of GBX 558.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.59%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Avon Protection.
Avon Protection has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less 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.
Avon Protection pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Avon Protection pays out -62.1% 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.
QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Avon Protection's net margin of -5.28%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Avon Protection's return on equity.
72.9% of Avon Protection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Avon Protection shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avon Protection. Avon Protection is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QinetiQ Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
QinetiQ Group beats Avon Protection on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AVON) was last updated on 8/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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