By Frank Prenesti
Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
(Sharecast News) - Shares in Qinetiq surged on Thursday as the UK defence company reported a big jump in its order book and extended its share buyback programme by £200m.
| Share Buyback Programme | 25-Mar-2026 | ShareCast |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 10-Mar-2026 | ShareCast |
| Qinetiq holds annual guidance despite near-term ... | 20-Jan-2026 | ShareCast |
| QinetiQ secures £205m contract extension with MoD | 19-Jan-2026 | ShareCast |
| Total Voting Rights | 31-Dec-2025 | ShareCast |
| Share Buyback Programme | 25-Mar-2026 | 07:30 | RNS |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 10-Mar-2026 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Total Voting Rights | 31-Dec-2025 | 10:30 | RNS |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 23-Dec-2025 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Transaction in Own Shares | 22-Dec-2025 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Investment Column : Qinetiq | 27-May-2011 | The Independent |
| FTSE Close: Pearson & Mitie up; Banks fall back | 23-Nov-2010 | Daily Mail |
| FTSE close: SABMiller, BA up; Intertek down | 19-Nov-2010 | Daily Mail |
| Investment Column : Qinetiq | 29-Sep-2010 | The Independent |
| Tempus:QinetiQ | 26-Nov-2009 | Times |
No recent information was found.
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 482.80p |
| Change Today | 0.000p |
| % Change | 0.00 % |
| 52 Week High | 549.50 |
| 52 Week Low | 406.00 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Shares Issued | 517.78m |
| Market Cap | £2,499.84m |
| Beta | 0.01 |
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| Strong Buy | 5 |
| Buy | 1 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Sell | 2 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 9 |

| Latest | Previous | |
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| Final | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 23-Jul-26 | 08-Jan-26 |
| Paid | 20-Aug-26 | 06-Feb-26 |
| Amount | 8.00p | 3.00p |
| CEO | Steve Wadey |
| Chair | Neil A Johnson |
| CFO | Martin Cooper |
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