CHG vs. QQ, BOE, GEC, SNR, AVON, CHRT, VEL, HARL, AERO, and RR
Should you be buying Chemring Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chemring Group include QinetiQ Group (QQ), Boeing (BOE), General Electric (GEC), Senior (SNR), Avon Protection (AVON), Cohort (CHRT), Velocity Composites (VEL), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), Strat Aero (AERO), and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Chemring Group vs.
QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) and Chemring Group (LON:CHG) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.
QinetiQ Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chemring Group. QinetiQ Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemring Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chemring Group received 14 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote while only 54.21% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.
QinetiQ Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 503.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.16%. Chemring Group has a consensus price target of GBX 429.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Given Chemring Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than QinetiQ Group.
QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. QinetiQ Group pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chemring Group pays out 6,363.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 114.2% of Chemring Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Chemring Group had 4 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chemring Group and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Chemring Group's score of 0.45 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.30% compared to Chemring Group's net margin of 0.63%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.74% beat Chemring Group's return on equity.
QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chemring Group beats QinetiQ Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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