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Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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GBX 553 +6.00 (+1.10%)
As of 11:49 AM Eastern

CHG vs. COB, QQ, BOE, GEC, SNR, AVON, CHRT, VEL, HARL, and AERO

Should you be buying Chemring Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chemring Group include Cobham (COB), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Avon Protection (AVON), Cohort (CHRT), Velocity Composites (VEL), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), and Strat Aero (AERO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Chemring Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Chemring Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 570, indicating a potential upside of 3.07%. Given Chemring Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than Cobham.

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

In the previous week, Chemring Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cobham. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Chemring Group and 2 mentions for Cobham. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Cobham's score of -0.38 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cobham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 Group0.64% 0.88% 7.03%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chemring Group£340.84M4.36£2.18M£0.82677.08
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chemring Group beats Cobham on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHG vs. The Competition

MetricChemring GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.49B£14.16B£7.63B£3.01B
Dividend Yield2.34%2.67%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio677.0859.7125.29165.93
Price / Sales4.36103.22105.08320,986.76
Price / Cash86.7121.4027.4627.97
Price / Book5.925.074.414.54
Net Income£2.18M£235.10M£797.00M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.63%1.07%0.41%6.83%
1 Month Performance-3.49%7.85%6.05%13.91%
1 Year Performance42.53%103.80%28.06%72.70%

Chemring Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHG
Chemring Group
0.4865 of 5 stars
GBX 553
+1.1%
GBX 570
+3.1%
+38.7%£1.49B£340.84M677.082,600Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.9124 of 5 stars
GBX 503
+0.2%
GBX 558.33
+11.0%
+6.4%£2.78B£1.89B20.838,588News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
GEC
General Electric
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up
SNR
Senior
N/AGBX 187
+0.1%
N/A+12.8%£783.39M£994.77M25.456,679
AVON
Avon Protection
N/AGBX 1,996
+0.6%
N/A+63.8%£746.92M£256.92M-68.84928Dividend Increase
CHRT
Cohort
0.925 of 5 stars
GBX 1,542
+1.0%
N/A+111.6%£699.92M£227.26M40.731,243Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VEL
Velocity Composites
N/AGBX 28
flat
GBX 60
+114.3%
-43.2%£15.12M£20.40M-6.27102
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down

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This page (LON:CHG) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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