Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CHG or COB?

In the previous week, Cobham had 5 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 1 mentions for Chemring Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Cobham's score of 0.17 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cobham	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CHG or COB?

114.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% 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.

Do analysts rate CHG or COB?

Chemring Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 470, suggesting a potential downside of 16.39%. 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)	2 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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	4.43	£2.18M	£0.82	688.30
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

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.