General Electric (GEC) Competitors

Chemring Group (LON:CHG) and General Electric (LON:GEC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Is CHG or GEC more profitable?

General Electric has a net margin of 5.05% compared to General Electric's net margin of 1.14%. Chemring Group's return on equity of 13.64% beat General Electric's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemring Group	1.14%	9.47%	7.16%
General Electric	5.05%	13.64%	2.43%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CHG or GEC?

General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Chemring Group. General Electric 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	£472.60M	2.23	£37.70M	£0.13	2,973.08
General Electric	£69.52B	0.02	£4.19B	£3.80	27.63

Which has more risk and volatility, CHG or GEC?

Chemring Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHG or GEC a better dividend stock?

Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of GBX 112 per share and has a dividend yield of 106.7%. Chemring Group pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Electric pays out 2,947.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHG or GEC?

Chemring Group received 331 more outperform votes than General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.77% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemring Group	Outperform Votes 390 61.22%	Underperform Votes 247 38.78%
General Electric	Outperform Votes 59 62.77%	Underperform Votes 35 37.23%

Do analysts prefer CHG or GEC?

Chemring Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 354, indicating a potential downside of 8.41%. Given General Electric's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than General Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemring Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
General Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer CHG or GEC?

In the previous week, Chemring Group had 1 more articles in the media than General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chemring Group and 3 mentions for General Electric. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat General Electric's score of -0.29 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemring Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
General Electric	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CHG or GEC?

112.9% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Chemring Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General Electric beats Chemring Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.