Avon Protection (AVON) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, AVON or CHG?

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVON or CHG?

Chemring Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avon Protection. Avon Protection 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
Avon Protection	£256.92M	2.54	-£13.57M	-£29.00	-60.15
Chemring Group	£340.84M	4.45	£2.18M	£0.82	690.55

Is AVON or CHG a better dividend stock?

Avon Protection pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Avon Protection pays out -62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemring Group pays out 857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer AVON or CHG?

In the previous week, Avon Protection had 5 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Avon Protection and 2 mentions for Chemring Group. Avon Protection's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Chemring Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Avon Protection is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avon Protection	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chemring Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer AVON or CHG?

Chemring Group has a consensus price target of GBX 460, indicating a potential downside of 18.44%. 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
Avon Protection	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Chemring Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is AVON or CHG more profitable?

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
Avon Protection	-5.28%	-7.04%	2.25%
Chemring Group	0.64%	0.88%	7.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVON or CHG?

Chemring Group received 41 more outperform votes than Avon Protection when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.68% of users gave Avon Protection an outperform vote while only 61.53% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avon Protection	Outperform Votes 354 74.68%	Underperform Votes 120 25.32%
Chemring Group	Outperform Votes 395 61.53%	Underperform Votes 247 38.47%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVON or CHG?

72.9% of Avon Protection shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 114.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Avon Protection shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chemring Group beats Avon Protection on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.