Cohort (CHRT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate QQ or CHRT?

QinetiQ Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 533.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.95%. Given QinetiQ Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Cohort.

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
Cohort	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, QQ or CHRT?

QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cohort. QinetiQ Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohort, 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	1.15	£132.62M	£24.15	16.26
Cohort	£227.26M	2.70	£17.19M	£37.86	35.66

Which has more volatility and risk, QQ or CHRT?

QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohort has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor QQ or CHRT?

In the previous week, Cohort had 4 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cohort and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. Cohort's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat QinetiQ Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cohort is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group	Neutral
Cohort	Neutral

Is QQ or CHRT a better dividend stock?

QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cohort pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cohort pays out 39.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of QQ or CHRT?

59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Cohort shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.2% of Cohort shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is QQ or CHRT more profitable?

Cohort has a net margin of 7.56% compared to QinetiQ Group's net margin of 7.03%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Cohort's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%
Cohort	7.56%	14.91%	5.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QQ or CHRT?

QinetiQ Group received 215 more outperform votes than Cohort when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.52% of users gave Cohort 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%
Cohort	Outperform Votes 169 77.52%	Underperform Votes 49 22.48%

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Cohort on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.