Cohort (CHRT) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CHRT or CHG?

46.0% of Cohort shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 28.4% of Cohort shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHRT or CHG?

Cohort has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemring Group. Cohort 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
Cohort	£270.04M	2.28	£17.19M	£0.44	3,049.00
Chemring Group	£521.30M	2.94	£2.18M	£0.16	3,596.46

Does the media refer more to CHRT or CHG?

In the previous week, Cohort had 1 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cohort and 5 mentions for Chemring Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cohort'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
Cohort	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 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

Is CHRT or CHG a better dividend stock?

Cohort pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cohort pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chemring Group pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is CHRT or CHG more profitable?

Cohort has a net margin of 7.56% compared to Chemring Group's net margin of 0.64%. Cohort's return on equity of 14.91% beat Chemring Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohort	7.56%	14.91%	5.54%
Chemring Group	0.64%	0.88%	7.03%

Do analysts rate CHRT or CHG?

Cohort currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,630, suggesting a potential upside of 20.81%. Chemring Group has a consensus price target of GBX 570, suggesting a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Cohort's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cohort is more favorable than Chemring Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohort	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chemring Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, CHRT or CHG?

Cohort has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cohort on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.