CHG vs. GEC, SNR, AVON, CHRT, QQ, FGP, MGNS, GEN, MGAM, and REDD
Should you be buying Chemring Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chemring Group include General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Avon Protection (AVON), Cohort (CHRT), QinetiQ Group (QQ), FirstGroup (FGP), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Genuit Group (GEN), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), and Redde Northgate (REDD). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
General Electric (LON:GEC) and Chemring Group (LON:CHG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
General Electric has a net margin of 13.95% compared to General Electric's net margin of 1.14%. Chemring Group's return on equity of 28.44% beat General Electric's return on equity.
Chemring Group received 331 more outperform votes than General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.77% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote.
General Electric pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 106.7%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. General Electric pays out 1,403.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chemring Group pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Chemring Group has a consensus target price of GBX 370, suggesting a potential downside of 5.25%. Given General Electric's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than General Electric.
In the previous week, Chemring Group had 1 more articles in the media than General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chemring Group and 1 mentions for General Electric. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Chemring Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Chemring Group. General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemring Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.0% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 112.9% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of General Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Chemring Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Electric has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chemring Group beats General Electric on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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