Chemring Group (CHG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are a specialist manufacturing and technology business creating market-leading innovative solutions to meet our customers’ complex needs. Using our extensive science and engineering expertise, we turn ideas into reality, designing and developing critical solutions that protect and safeguard in unpredictable environments in today’s increasingly unstable world. We achieve this by innovating at every stage of the value chain, from research and development (“R&D”) through to design, manufacture and in-service support, working closely with our customers to deliver products, services and solutions for mission-critical success. Our customer base spans national defence organisations, security and law enforcement agencies, as well as commercial markets such as space and transport. We support our customers in more than fifty countries across the globe.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 616 to 632.50
• 50-Day Range: 481 to 638
• 52-Week Range: 446.52 to 650.75
• Volume: 588,290 shs
• Average Volume: 4.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 50.28
• Dividend Yield: 1.29%
• Price Target: GBX 637
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Chemring Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Chemring Group scored higher than 39% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Chemring Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Chemring Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Chemring Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Chemring Group is 50.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Chemring Group is 50.37, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Chemring Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.99. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Chemring Group has a P/B Ratio of 6.63. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CHG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Chemring Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.29%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Chemring Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Chemring Group is 65.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Chemring Group has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Chemring Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Chemring Group in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Chemring Group insiders have sold 538.35% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £246,060 in company stock and sold £1,570,733.94 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.27% of the stock of Chemring Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.77% of the stock of Chemring Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/02/2026
• Today: 8/17/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: LON:CHG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.chemring.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1794-833901
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,600
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Chemring Group: GBX 637
• High Price Target: GBX 680
• Low Price Target: GBX 537
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 12.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 50.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.86
• P/E Growth: 1.99
• Net Income: £2.18 million
• Net Margins: 6.77%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.03%
• Return on Assets: 7.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 51.32
• Current Ratio: 1.38
• Quick Ratio: 0.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £512 million
• Price / Sales: 3.27
• Cash Flow: GBX 7.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 86.71
• Book Value: GBX 93.42 per share
• Price / Book: 6.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 270,552,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.67 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.80