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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 478 -3.40 (-0.71%)
As of 09/5/2025

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

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), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), and Velocity Composites (VEL). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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%

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

In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 2 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 1 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Axon Enterprise's score of 0.64 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axon Enterprise
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QinetiQ Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
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£1.89B1.40£132.62M£24.1519.79

QinetiQ Group has a consensus target price of GBX 558.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.81%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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£2.64B£14.15B£7.70B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.62%4.56%5.31%
P/E Ratio19.79317.33313.235,361.54
Price / Sales1.4081.36218.0095,843.78
Price / Cash9.1221.4028.7427.93
Price / Book2.984.534.487.02
Net Income£132.62M£223.64M£798.54M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.46%-0.26%0.38%0.63%
1 Month Performance-5.06%-0.75%1.15%55.19%
1 Year Performance7.22%81.61%27.26%182.01%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
3.1794 of 5 stars
GBX 478
-0.7%
GBX 558.33
+16.8%
+3.0%£2.64B£1.89B19.798,588Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/A$747.63
+470.0%
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
0.9801 of 5 stars
GBX 535
-1.3%
GBX 570
+6.5%
+40.1%£1.44B£521.30M3,386.082,600News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend 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£69.52B27.63125,000News Coverage
Gap Up
SNR
Senior
1.3843 of 5 stars
GBX 197.20
-0.2%
GBX 202.50
+2.7%
+20.4%£815.23M£986.60M3,222.226,679News Coverage
CHRT
Cohort
2.8145 of 5 stars
GBX 1,310
-0.3%
GBX 1,630
+24.4%
+44.5%£593.93M£270.04M2,960.451,243Dividend Cut
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,920
-0.5%
N/A+58.5%£569.05M£296.60M9,099.53928Dividend Increase
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
1.1225 of 5 stars
GBX 21.40
-0.5%
GBX 60
+180.4%
-53.8%£11.70M£22.70M-1,562.04102Gap Up

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This page (LON:QQ) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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