General Electric (GEC) Competitors

General Electric (LON:GEC) and Chemring Group (LON:CHG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEC or CHG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Electric	Outperform Votes 59 62.77%	Underperform Votes 35 37.23%
Chemring Group	Outperform Votes 390 61.32%	Underperform Votes 246 38.68%

Does the media refer more to GEC or CHG?

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. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat General Electric's score of 0.00 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Electric	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chemring Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GEC or CHG?

Chemring Group has a consensus price target of GBX 370, suggesting a potential downside of 5.25%. Given Chemring Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than General Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Chemring Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GEC or CHG a better dividend stock?

General Electric pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 68.0%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. General Electric pays out 2,947.4% 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.

Is GEC or CHG more profitable?

General Electric has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Chemring Group's net margin of 1.14%. General Electric's return on equity of 13.64% beat Chemring Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Electric	5.05%	13.64%	2.43%
Chemring Group	1.14%	9.47%	7.16%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GEC or CHG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Electric	£69.52B	0.03	£4.19B	£3.80	43.32
Chemring Group	£472.60M	2.25	£37.70M	£0.13	3,003.85

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GEC or CHG?

75.9% of General Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 112.9% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Chemring Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, GEC or CHG?

General Electric has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share 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.