Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

Chemring Group (LON:CHG) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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

114.2% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CHG or COB?

Chemring Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 460, indicating a potential downside of 19.16%. Given Cobham's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cobham is more favorable than Chemring Group.

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
Cobham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to CHG or COB?

In the previous week, Cobham had 3 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Chemring Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Cobham's score of -0.23 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CHG or COB?

Chemring Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cobham. Cobham 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
Chemring Group	£340.84M	4.48	£2.18M	£0.82	696.67
Cobham	£1.97B	0.00	N/A	-£1.90	N/A

Is CHG or COB more profitable?

Chemring Group has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Chemring Group's return on equity of 0.88% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemring Group	0.64%	0.88%	7.03%
Cobham	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHG or COB?

Cobham received 13 more outperform votes than Chemring Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.53% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemring Group	Outperform Votes 395 61.53%	Underperform Votes 247 38.47%
Cobham	Outperform Votes 408 41.93%	Underperform Votes 565 58.07%

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.