Senior (SNR) Competitors

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

Is QQ or SNR a better dividend stock?

QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Senior pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Senior pays out 27.2% 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.

Do analysts prefer QQ or SNR?

QinetiQ Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 533.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.87%. Senior has a consensus price target of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of 31.26%. Given Senior's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Senior is more favorable than QinetiQ Group.

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
Senior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in QQ or SNR?

59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Senior shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Senior shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to QQ or SNR?

In the previous week, Senior had 2 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Senior and 2 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Senior's score of 0.13 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Senior	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, QQ or SNR?

QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senior has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, QQ or SNR?

QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Senior. QinetiQ Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Senior, 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
QinetiQ Group	£1.89B	1.27	£132.62M	£24.15	17.99
Senior	£994.77M	0.69	£30.78M	£7.35	22.30

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QQ or SNR?

Senior received 291 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.81% of users gave Senior an outperform vote while only 54.47% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QinetiQ Group	Outperform Votes 384 54.47%	Underperform Votes 321 45.53%
Senior	Outperform Votes 675 71.81%	Underperform Votes 265 28.19%

Is QQ or SNR more profitable?

QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Senior's net margin of 3.09%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Senior's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%
Senior	3.09%	6.67%	2.65%

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Senior on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.