Senior (SNR) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SNR or QQ?

86.0% of Senior shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Senior shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SNR or QQ a better dividend stock?

Senior pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Senior pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to SNR or QQ?

In the previous week, Senior and Senior both had 1 articles in the media. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Senior's score of -0.61 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Senior	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SNR or QQ?

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
Senior	£994.77M	0.82	£30.78M	£7.35	26.41
QinetiQ Group	£1.89B	1.44	£132.62M	£24.15	20.32

Do analysts rate SNR or QQ?

Senior currently has a consensus price target of GBX 195, suggesting a potential upside of 0.52%. QinetiQ Group has a consensus price target of GBX 558.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.81%. Given QinetiQ Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Senior.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Senior	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
QinetiQ Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is SNR or QQ 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
Senior	3.09%	6.67%	2.65%
QinetiQ Group	7.03%	14.98%	6.47%

Which has more volatility & risk, SNR or QQ?

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

Summary

QinetiQ Group beats Senior on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.