QinetiQ Group plc (QQ) To Go Ex-Dividend on January 9th

QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ) announced a dividend on Friday, November 14th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a dividend of GBX 2.80 ($0.04) per share on Friday, February 7th. This represents a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

QinetiQ Group Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of QinetiQ Group stock opened at GBX 416 ($5.20) on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 428.14 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 449.22. The company has a market cap of £2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,733.33, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.47. QinetiQ Group has a 12-month low of GBX 292.20 ($3.66) and a 12-month high of GBX 491 ($6.14).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of QinetiQ Group in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on QinetiQ Group from GBX 455 ($5.69) to GBX 535 ($6.69) and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

QinetiQ Group Company Profile

QinetiQ Group plc operates as a science and engineering company in the defense, security, and infrastructure markets in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and internationally. The company operates through EMEA Services and Global Solutions segments. It offers advanced materials and manufacturing products; artificial intelligence, analytics, and advanced computing technologies; cyber and electromagnetic technologies; human protection and performance systems; novel systems, and weapons and effects; platform, and system design and assessment products; power sources, and energy storage and distribution products; robotics and autonomy services; secure communications and navigation systems; and sensing, processing, and data fusion systems.