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Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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GBX 569 -30.00 (-5.01%)
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CHG vs. COB, QQ, BOE, GEC, SNR, CHRT, AVON, HARL, VEL, and AERO

Should you be buying Chemring Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chemring Group include Cobham (COB), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Cohort (CHRT), Avon Protection (AVON), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Velocity Composites (VEL), and Strat Aero (AERO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Chemring Group vs. Its Competitors

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

68.8% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Chemring Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 Group0.64% 0.88% 7.03%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

Chemring Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 570, indicating a potential upside of 0.18%. Given Chemring Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than Cobham.

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

In the previous week, Cobham had 1 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Chemring Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Cobham's score of 0.10 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)
Positive
Cobham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chemring Group£521.30M2.94£2.18M£0.163,601.27
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHG vs. The Competition

MetricChemring GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.53B£15.12B£7.71B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.39%2.61%4.56%5.31%
P/E Ratio3,601.27345.13305.895,410.43
Price / Sales2.9486.46216.2997,367.90
Price / Cash86.7121.4028.9227.93
Price / Book6.094.674.639.48
Net Income£2.18M£223.64M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance4.60%2.56%1.13%0.45%
1 Month Performance6.36%3.02%1.85%44.44%
1 Year Performance53.37%85.14%24.88%186.28%

Chemring Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHG
Chemring Group
1.4868 of 5 stars
GBX 569
-5.0%
GBX 570
+0.2%
+56.9%£1.53B£521.30M3,601.272,600News Coverage
Dividend Increase
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.9006 of 5 stars
GBX 486
+1.7%
GBX 558.33
+14.9%
+10.9%£2.68B£1.89B20.128,588Positive News
Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
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
0.9685 of 5 stars
GBX 191.80
-1.6%
GBX 202.50
+5.6%
+18.9%£792.90M£986.60M-10,311.836,679News Coverage
CHRT
Cohort
2.8606 of 5 stars
GBX 1,268
+2.4%
GBX 1,630
+28.5%
+68.6%£578.08M£270.04M2,865.541,243Dividend Cut
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,930
-0.4%
N/A+71.5%£572.01M£296.60M9,146.92928Positive News
Dividend Increase
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
VEL
Velocity Composites
1.0957 of 5 stars
GBX 20.73
-2.7%
GBX 60
+189.5%
-53.0%£11.33M£22.70M-1,512.77102Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down

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This page (LON:CHG) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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