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Avon Protection (AVON) Competitors

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GBX 1,914 -6.00 (-0.31%)
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AVON vs. CHG, BOE, GEC, SNR, CHRT, HARL, VEL, AERO, RR, and BA

Should you be buying Avon Protection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avon Protection include Chemring Group (CHG), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Velocity Composites (VEL), Strat Aero (AERO), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), and BAE Systems (BA). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Avon Protection vs. Its Competitors

Chemring Group (LON:CHG) and Avon Protection (LON:AVON) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Chemring Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 570, indicating a potential downside of 1.04%. Given Chemring Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than Avon Protection.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chemring Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Avon Protection
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Chemring Group has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Avon Protection's net margin of -5.28%. Chemring Group's return on equity of 0.88% beat Avon Protection's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chemring Group0.64% 0.88% 7.03%
Avon Protection -5.28%-7.04%2.25%

In the previous week, Chemring Group had 1 more articles in the media than Avon Protection. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Chemring Group and 0 mentions for Avon Protection. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Avon Protection'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Chemring Group Neutral
Avon Protection Neutral

Chemring Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avon Protection. Chemring Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avon Protection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chemring Group£521.30M2.97£2.18M£15.8036.46
Avon Protection£296.60M1.91-£13.57M£21.1090.71

Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Avon Protection pays an annual dividend of GBX 23.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Chemring Group pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avon Protection pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chemring Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

68.8% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Avon Protection shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Chemring Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Avon Protection shares are owned 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.

Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avon Protection has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chemring Group beats Avon Protection on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AVON vs. The Competition

MetricAvon ProtectionAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£563.13M£14.93B£7.99B£2.66B
Dividend Yield0.98%2.61%4.58%5.35%
P/E Ratio90.7149.7825.19400.58
Price / Sales1.9185.091,263.6098,316.49
Price / Cash32.9421.4027.8727.90
Price / Book3.454.744.977.26
Net Income-£13.57M£223.64M£790.14M£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.13%2.06%1.70%1.12%
1 Month Performance-6.18%1.17%2.72%1.37%
1 Year Performance53.37%69.01%30.80%117.34%

Avon Protection Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,914
-0.3%
N/A+53.8%£563.13M£296.60M90.71928Dividend Increase
CHG
Chemring Group
1.0455 of 5 stars
GBX 555
+1.3%
GBX 570
+2.7%
+53.8%£1.49B£521.30M35.132,600Dividend Increase
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
GEC
General Electric
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Positive News
Gap Up
SNR
Senior
3.0344 of 5 stars
GBX 189.60
+0.5%
GBX 226.67
+19.5%
+43.4%£783.81M£986.60M-101.946,679Positive News
Gap Down
CHRT
Cohort
2.9395 of 5 stars
GBX 1,340
+2.8%
GBX 1,630
+21.6%
+57.1%£611.44M£270.04M30.281,243Dividend Cut
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 21.05
-2.1%
GBX 55
+161.3%
-22.0%£11.51M£22.70M-15.36102Gap Down
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down
RR
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
2.8693 of 5 stars
GBX 1,127
+2.2%
GBX 1,161.50
+3.1%
+96.5%£96.66B£18.13B41.0841,400High Trading Volume
BA
BAE Systems
1.9259 of 5 stars
GBX 1,862
+1.7%
GBX 1,976.75
+6.2%
+39.6%£57.65B£24.86B31.94156,000High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:AVON) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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