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Chemring Group (CHG) Competitors

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GBX 322 +7.50 (+2.38%)
(As of 11:53 AM ET)

CHG vs. QQ, BOE, GEC, SNR, CHRT, AVON, 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), Cohort (CHRT), Avon Protection (AVON), 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

In the previous week, Chemring Group had 14 more articles in the media than QinetiQ Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Chemring Group and 3 mentions for QinetiQ Group. Chemring Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat QinetiQ Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Chemring Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QinetiQ Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chemring Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

QinetiQ Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Chemring Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QinetiQ GroupOutperform Votes
380
54.21%
Underperform Votes
321
45.79%
Chemring GroupOutperform Votes
394
61.47%
Underperform Votes
247
38.53%

59.5% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 114.2% of Chemring Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of QinetiQ Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Chemring Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

QinetiQ Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemring Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QinetiQ Group£1.91B1.21£139.60M£0.241,697.50
Chemring Group£489.70M1.77£31.10M£0.112,900.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QinetiQ Group7.30% 14.74% 6.47%
Chemring Group 0.63%8.29%7.03%

QinetiQ Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 503.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.55%. Chemring Group has a consensus target price of GBX 429.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.64%. Given Chemring Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chemring Group is more favorable than QinetiQ Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QinetiQ Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Chemring Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

Chemring Group beats QinetiQ Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CHG vs. The Competition

MetricChemring GroupAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£864.55M£6.67B£3.89B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.98%2.76%4.39%11.72%
P/E Ratio2,900.00252.39524.341,555.95
Price / Sales1.7759.46419.22285,078.87
Price / Cash86.7117.9728.5032.92
Price / Book2.492.963.982.85
Net Income£31.10M£221.62M£179.08M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-11.39%0.60%-0.75%19.04%
1 Month Performance-9.63%2.91%0.88%18.75%
1 Year Performance-5.76%84.85%26.57%23.62%

Chemring Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHG
Chemring Group
2.9093 of 5 stars
GBX 322
+2.4%
GBX 429.50
+33.4%
-6.1%£872.68M£489.70M2,859.092,600Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
QQ
QinetiQ Group
2.0075 of 5 stars
GBX 411
-0.5%
GBX 503.33
+22.5%
+35.5%£2.32B£1.91B1,712.508,588High Trading Volume
BOE
Boeing
N/AGBX 220
+0.9%
N/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
GEC
General Electric
N/AGBX 105
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.14B£69.52B27.63125,000Gap Up
SNR
Senior
1.4784 of 5 stars
GBX 161
+3.2%
GBX 191.50
+18.9%
N/A£664.38M£982.60M2,300.006,679News Coverage
Gap Up
CHRT
Cohort
N/AGBX 1,100
+2.8%
N/A+108.0%£444.84M£202.53M2,815.791,243Dividend Cut
News Coverage
AVON
Avon Protection
1.02 of 5 stars
GBX 1,412
+2.0%
GBX 1,295
-8.3%
N/A£423.60M£269.30M-3,008.70928
VEL
Velocity Composites
2.6059 of 5 stars
GBX 31
+14.8%
GBX 60
+93.5%
-18.3%£16.58M£20.18M-337.50102Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
N/AGBX 8.38
flat
N/A-28.7%£14.49M£86.91M-34.9081News Coverage
AERO
Strat Aero
N/AGBX 1.15
-6.1%
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down
RR
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
1.5318 of 5 stars
GBX 572.60
-0.5%
GBX 553
-3.4%
+101.2%£48.67B£17.82B2,045.0041,400High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:CHG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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