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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 500.50 +6.30 (+1.27%)
As of 07/3/2025

QQ vs. AXON, COB, CHG, BOE, GEC, SNR, CHRT, AVON, VEL, and HARL

Should you be buying QinetiQ Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QinetiQ Group include Axon Enterprise (AXON), Cobham (COB), Chemring Group (CHG), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Avon Protection (AVON), Velocity Composites (VEL), and Harland & Wolff Group (HARL). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

QinetiQ Group vs. Its Competitors

Axon Enterprise (LON:AXON) and QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

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

QinetiQ Group has a consensus target price of GBX 558.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.56%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axon Enterprise
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
QinetiQ Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 5 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Axon Enterprise's score of -0.16 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Axon Enterprise Neutral
QinetiQ Group Positive

QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Axon Enterprise.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axon EnterpriseN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
QinetiQ Group£1.89B1.46£132.62M£24.1520.73

QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Axon Enterprise's net margin of 0.00%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Axon Enterprise's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axon EnterpriseN/A N/A N/A
QinetiQ Group 7.03%14.98%6.47%

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Axon Enterprise on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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QQ vs. The Competition

MetricQinetiQ GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.76B£13.68B£7.53B£2.97B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.67%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio20.7356.9924.95146.59
Price / Sales1.46102.93115.88240,167.57
Price / Cash9.1221.4027.3527.97
Price / Book3.124.984.365.32
Net Income£132.62M£235.10M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.77%1.56%2.41%0.90%
1 Month Performance-6.10%7.50%5.72%5.18%
1 Year Performance11.47%93.10%32.75%80.75%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.9402 of 5 stars
GBX 500.50
+1.3%
GBX 558.33
+11.6%
+12.6%£2.76B£1.89B20.738,588High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/A$783.28
+497.1%
N/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,150
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
CHG
Chemring Group
0.6006 of 5 stars
GBX 555
-1.6%
GBX 470
-15.3%
+49.5%£1.49B£340.84M679.532,600Dividend Increase
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
GEC
General Electric
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up
SNR
Senior
N/AGBX 174
-1.3%
N/A+13.1%£728.93M£994.77M23.686,679
CHRT
Cohort
N/AGBX 1,532
+0.9%
N/A+108.0%£695.38M£227.26M40.461,243News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Cut
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,846
+2.1%
N/A+51.1%£690.79M£256.92M-63.66928Dividend Increase
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 29.04
-4.0%
GBX 60
+106.6%
-23.4%£15.69M£20.40M-6.51102
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081

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This page (LON:QQ) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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