Chemring Group PLC

BATS-CHIXE:CHGL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£970.6m

Chemring Group Valuation

Is CHGL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CHGL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CHGL (£3.57) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£10.03)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CHGL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CHGL?

Key metric: As CHGL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CHGL. This is calculated by dividing CHGL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CHGL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.2x
EarningsUK£31.10m
Market CapUK£970.60m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CHGL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHGL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.6x
SNR Senior
19.3x31.5%UK£585.5m
BAB Babcock International Group
13.8x14.2%UK£2.6b
CHRT Cohort
27.8x5.3%UK£405.0m
QQ. QinetiQ Group
17.5x13.9%UK£2.4b
CHGL Chemring Group
31.2x22.2%UK£970.6m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHGL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the peer average (19.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CHGL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHGL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (23.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHGL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CHGL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.2x
Fair PE Ratio20.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CHGL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CHGL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£3.57
UK£4.72
+32.4%
3.6%UK£5.00UK£4.50n/a5
Nov ’25UK£3.57
UK£4.72
+32.2%
3.6%UK£5.00UK£4.50n/a5
Oct ’25UK£3.68
UK£4.46
+21.3%
11.1%UK£4.80UK£3.38n/a6
Sep ’25UK£4.08
UK£4.46
+9.5%
11.1%UK£4.80UK£3.38n/a6
Aug ’25UK£4.09
UK£4.46
+9.1%
11.1%UK£4.80UK£3.38n/a6
Jul ’25UK£3.74
UK£4.40
+17.6%
11.1%UK£4.80UK£3.38n/a6
Jun ’25UK£3.88
UK£4.32
+11.4%
11.9%UK£5.10UK£3.38n/a6
May ’25UK£3.83
UK£4.33
+13.1%
11.4%UK£5.10UK£3.45n/a6
Apr ’25UK£3.65
UK£4.29
+17.6%
10.7%UK£5.10UK£3.45n/a7
Mar ’25UK£3.54
UK£4.29
+21.3%
10.7%UK£5.10UK£3.45n/a7
Feb ’25UK£3.48
UK£4.19
+20.5%
11.9%UK£5.10UK£3.45n/a7
Jan ’25UK£3.51
UK£4.09
+16.8%
12.5%UK£5.10UK£3.45n/a7
Dec ’24UK£3.20
UK£3.80
+18.8%
7.6%UK£4.30UK£3.45n/a7
Nov ’24UK£2.87
UK£3.81
+32.9%
7.2%UK£4.30UK£3.45UK£3.577
Oct ’24UK£2.78
UK£3.90
+40.5%
8.8%UK£4.40UK£3.45UK£3.687
Sep ’24UK£2.91
UK£3.96
+36.0%
8.5%UK£4.40UK£3.45UK£4.086
Aug ’24UK£3.04
UK£3.94
+29.9%
8.9%UK£4.40UK£3.45UK£4.096
Jul ’24UK£2.83
UK£3.78
+33.5%
10.4%UK£4.40UK£3.20UK£3.749
Jun ’24UK£2.67
UK£3.81
+43.0%
10.5%UK£4.40UK£3.25UK£3.888
May ’24UK£2.84
UK£3.91
+37.8%
9.0%UK£4.40UK£3.36UK£3.837
Apr ’24UK£2.78
UK£3.91
+40.5%
9.0%UK£4.40UK£3.36UK£3.657
Mar ’24UK£3.00
UK£3.82
+27.7%
10.3%UK£4.40UK£3.25UK£3.548
Feb ’24UK£2.86
UK£3.84
+34.4%
10.2%UK£4.40UK£3.25UK£3.488
Jan ’24UK£2.98
UK£3.79
+27.5%
11.4%UK£4.40UK£3.21UK£3.518
Dec ’23UK£3.08
UK£3.84
+24.8%
11.8%UK£4.40UK£3.21UK£3.208
Nov ’23UK£3.07
UK£3.84
+25.4%
11.8%UK£4.40UK£3.21UK£2.878

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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