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Chemring Group

CMGMY
53
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$7.52
-0.23 (-3.02%)
Market Cap
$2.03B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 27, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

4.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 288.0M (2021) → 276.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Chemring Group is a British defense company that makes specialized products militaries need to stay safe and effective. Its main products include countermeasures (like flares that protect aircraft from missiles), sensors and electronic warfare systems, and energetic materials such as explosives and propellants. It sells primarily to the UK Ministry of Defence, the US Department of Defense, and allied NATO governments.

Chemring earns revenue by manufacturing and selling defense hardware and providing related technical services under government contracts. The company is headquartered in England and operates facilities across the UK, the US, Australia, and Norway, giving it access to multiple allied defense markets. Its niche expertise in countermeasures and energetics, combined with the high security clearances required in this industry, creates meaningful barriers to entry. Rising global defense budgets and increased NATO spending commitments are key growth drivers, though the business depends heavily on government procurement cycles and contract timing, which can cause uneven revenue from quarter to quarter.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
93.6%
Premium pricing power — 93.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.1%
Modest — 9.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.0%
Good — 12.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-4.6%
Shrinking sales (-4.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-29.2%
Earnings shrinking (-29.2% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
232%
Turns 232% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.8%
Burning cash (-2.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.47
Conservative — low debt load (0.47)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.92x
Comfortably covers interest (8.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
56.9x
Expensive — P/E 56.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+32.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (56.9 → 24.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.00%
Small dividend — 1.00% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+22.9%
Dividend growing fast (22.9% YoY)

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