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QinetiQ Group (QQ) Competitors

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GBX 392.60 -0.40 (-0.10%)
As of 04/30/2025

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

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

QinetiQ Group vs.

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

Cobham received 24 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.47% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QinetiQ GroupOutperform Votes
384
54.47%
Underperform Votes
321
45.53%
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%

In the previous week, Cobham had 9 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat QinetiQ Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group Neutral
Cobham Neutral

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

QinetiQ Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 533.75, indicating a potential upside of 35.95%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Cobham.

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
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

QinetiQ Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QinetiQ Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QinetiQ Group£1.89B1.15£132.62M£24.1516.26
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QinetiQ Group7.03% 14.98% 6.47%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Cobham on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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QQ vs. The Competition

MetricQinetiQ GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.17B£20.89B£7.21B£2.56B
Dividend Yield2.29%2.55%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio16.2668.0220.95132.69
Price / Sales1.1577.2281.99226,995.01
Price / Cash9.1222.1726.9028.11
Price / Book2.454.593.764.52
Net Income£132.62M£536.05M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance2.72%3.35%2.83%3.05%
1 Month Performance1.66%3.61%1.95%9.12%
1 Year Performance14.26%64.70%14.42%114.62%

QinetiQ Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.8422 of 5 stars
GBX 392.60
-0.1%
GBX 533.75
+36.0%
+11.7%£2.17B£1.89B16.268,588Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
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
CHG
Chemring Group
0.7746 of 5 stars
GBX 384
-1.9%
GBX 429.50
+11.8%
+6.4%£1.03B£340.84M470.162,600Dividend Increase
CHRT
Cohort
N/AGBX 1,260
+0.3%
N/A+83.2%£571.92M£227.26M33.281,243Dividend Cut
News Coverage
SNR
Senior
3.5757 of 5 stars
GBX 126.20
-1.7%
GBX 191.50
+51.7%
-15.8%£528.69M£994.77M17.186,679
AVON
Avon Protection
0.6902 of 5 stars
GBX 1,400
-0.1%
GBX 1,295
-7.5%
+13.7%£523.89M£256.92M-48.28928Dividend Increase
Gap Up
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 23.50
flat
GBX 60
+155.3%
-23.1%£12.69M£20.40M-5.26102
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down

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This page (LON:QQ) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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