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
Avon Protection (LON:AVON) and Chemring Group (LON:CHG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
Avon Protection pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemring Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
78.1% of Avon Protection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Avon Protection shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Chemring Group shares are owned by company 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.
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.
In the previous week, Chemring Group had 2 more articles in the media than Avon Protection. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chemring Group and 0 mentions for Avon Protection. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Avon Protection's score of 0.00 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avon Protection has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chemring Group has a consensus price target of GBX 570, suggesting a potential downside of 2.73%. Given Chemring Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than Avon Protection.
Summary
Chemring Group beats Avon Protection on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AVON) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
