Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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

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

Does the media favor CHG or COB?

In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Chemring Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 4 mentions for Chemring Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cobham's score of -0.01 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cobham	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and 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	2.96	£2.18M	£0.82	459.75
Cobham	£1.97B	0.00	N/A	-£1.90	N/A

Do analysts rate CHG or COB?

Chemring Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 429.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given Chemring Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than Cobham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemring Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Cobham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHG or COB?

Cobham received 13 more outperform votes than Chemring Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.53% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemring Group	Outperform Votes 395 61.53%	Underperform Votes 247 38.47%
Cobham	Outperform Votes 408 41.93%	Underperform Votes 565 58.07%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHG or COB?

114.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.