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.
Chemring Group (LON:CHG) and QinetiQ Group (LON:QQ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
QinetiQ Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Chemring Group's net margin of 0.64%. QinetiQ Group's return on equity of 14.98% beat Chemring Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Chemring Group had 3 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Chemring Group and 0 mentions for QinetiQ Group. QinetiQ Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Chemring Group's score of 0.00 indicating that QinetiQ Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Chemring Group pays out 857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. QinetiQ Group pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QinetiQ Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Chemring Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 429.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. QinetiQ Group has a consensus target price of GBX 532.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.38%. Given QinetiQ Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QinetiQ Group is more favorable than Chemring Group.
Chemring Group received 13 more outperform votes than QinetiQ Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave Chemring Group an outperform vote while only 54.27% of users gave QinetiQ Group an outperform vote.
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.
114.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
QinetiQ Group beats Chemring Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CHG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
