Cohort (CHRT) Competitors

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

Is CHRT or QQ 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
Cohort	7.56%	14.91%	5.54%
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHRT or QQ?

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
Cohort	£227.26M	3.04	£17.19M	£37.86	40.20
QinetiQ Group	£1.89B	1.29	£132.62M	£24.15	18.21

Which has more volatility and risk, CHRT or QQ?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHRT or QQ?

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 54.39% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cohort	Outperform Votes 169 77.52%	Underperform Votes 49 22.48%
QinetiQ Group	Outperform Votes 384 54.39%	Underperform Votes 322 45.61%

Do analysts rate CHRT or QQ?

QinetiQ Group has a consensus price target of GBX 533.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.36%. Given QinetiQ Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Cohort.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohort	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
QinetiQ Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer CHRT or QQ?

In the previous week, QinetiQ Group had 5 more articles in the media than Cohort. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for QinetiQ Group and 0 mentions for Cohort. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cohort's score of 0.10 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cohort	Neutral
QinetiQ Group	Positive

Is CHRT or QQ a better dividend stock?

Cohort pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cohort pays out 39.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHRT or QQ?

36.2% of Cohort shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.2% of Cohort shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Cohort on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.