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Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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GBX 568.24 +3.24 (+0.57%)
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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

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

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
CobhamN/A N/A N/A
Chemring Group 0.64%0.88%7.03%

Chemring Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A
Chemring Group£521.30M2.94£2.18M£0.163,601.27

In the previous week, Chemring Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cobham. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Chemring Group and 4 mentions for Cobham. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cobham's score of 0.22 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

68.8% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Chemring Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 12 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£14.84B£7.71B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.45%2.62%4.57%5.30%
P/E Ratio3,601.27351.47314.355,434.13
Price / Sales2.9486.51211.1096,851.76
Price / Cash86.7121.4028.7727.93
Price / Book6.094.674.587.68
Net Income£2.18M£223.64M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.37%1.42%0.94%6.78%
1 Month Performance6.36%1.54%1.28%56.39%
1 Year Performance48.18%82.95%26.89%143.46%

Chemring Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHG
Chemring Group
1.4462 of 5 stars
GBX 568.24
+0.6%
GBX 570
+0.3%
+47.6%£1.53B£521.30M3,596.462,600News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.9514 of 5 stars
GBX 486
+1.7%
GBX 558.33
+14.9%
+7.0%£2.68B£1.89B20.128,588News Coverage
Positive 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£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up
SNR
Senior
1.2675 of 5 stars
GBX 191.80
-1.6%
GBX 202.50
+5.6%
+18.3%£792.90M£986.60M-10,311.836,679
CHRT
Cohort
2.7998 of 5 stars
GBX 1,268
+2.4%
GBX 1,630
+28.5%
+58.6%£578.08M£270.04M2,865.541,243News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,930
-0.4%
N/A+68.9%£572.01M£296.60M9,146.92928Dividend Increase
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081News Coverage
VEL
Velocity Composites
1.141 of 5 stars
GBX 20.73
-2.7%
GBX 60
+189.5%
-51.5%£11.33M£22.70M-1,512.77102Gap Down
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 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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