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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 499.80 -1.20 (-0.24%)
As of 07/25/2025

QQ vs. AXON, COB, CHG, BOE, GEC, SNR, AVON, CHRT, 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), Avon Protection (AVON), Cohort (CHRT), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), and Velocity Composites (VEL). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

QinetiQ Group vs. Its Competitors

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

QinetiQ Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 558.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.71%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.

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

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

In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 1 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 6 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Axon Enterprise's score of 0.04 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Axon Enterprise
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
QinetiQ Group7.03% 14.98% 6.47%
Axon Enterprise N/A N/A N/A

QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Axon Enterprise.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QinetiQ Group£1.89B1.46£132.62M£24.1520.70
Axon EnterpriseN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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

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QQ vs. The Competition

MetricQinetiQ GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.76B£13.83B£7.88B£3.02B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.67%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio20.7059.0625.56160.62
Price / Sales1.46102.73101.43278,114.25
Price / Cash9.1221.4027.9227.97
Price / Book3.114.974.464.69
Net Income£132.62M£235.10M£795.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.73%-1.19%1.40%0.32%
1 Month Performance5.27%4.87%5.68%7.02%
1 Year Performance9.46%128.59%31.97%73.12%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
3.0089 of 5 stars
GBX 499.80
-0.2%
GBX 558.33
+11.7%
+7.7%£2.76B£1.89B20.708,588News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
N/A$751.35
+472.8%
N/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,150News Coverage
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
CHG
Chemring Group
0.5877 of 5 stars
GBX 566
+1.1%
GBX 570
+0.7%
+42.3%£1.52B£340.84M693.002,600Dividend 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£69.52B27.63125,000News Coverage
Gap Up
SNR
Senior
1.2225 of 5 stars
GBX 197.80
+1.0%
GBX 195
-1.4%
+26.7%£828.64M£994.77M26.926,679
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 2,135.70
+0.6%
N/A+58.4%£799.19M£256.92M-73.65928Dividend Increase
Gap Up
CHRT
Cohort
0.7806 of 5 stars
GBX 1,578
+1.7%
GBX 1,630
+3.3%
+79.4%£716.26M£227.26M41.681,243Dividend Cut
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081News Coverage
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 24.95
-0.1%
GBX 60
+140.5%
-45.8%£13.48M£20.40M-5.59102

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This page (LON:QQ) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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