COBHAM PLC/ADR (CBHMY) vs. Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares COBHAM PLC/ADR and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
COBHAM PLC/ADR	$2.18 billion	$98.11 million	40.82
COBHAM PLC/ADR Competitors	$8.54 billion	$573.01 million	26.75

COBHAM PLC/ADR’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than COBHAM PLC/ADR. COBHAM PLC/ADR is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

COBHAM PLC/ADR pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. COBHAM PLC/ADR pays out 9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.1% and pay out 39.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk & Volatility

COBHAM PLC/ADR has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COBHAM PLC/ADR’s peers have a beta of 1.28, suggesting that their average share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares COBHAM PLC/ADR and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COBHAM PLC/ADR	N/A	N/A	N/A
COBHAM PLC/ADR Competitors	-305.55%	-31.45%	-4.72%

Summary

COBHAM PLC/ADR peers beat COBHAM PLC/ADR on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About COBHAM PLC/ADR

Cobham plc provides a range of technologies and services to commercial, defense, aerospace, space, and security markets in the United Kingdom, the United States, other European countries, Australia, Asia, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Communications and Connectivity, Mission Systems, Advanced Electronic Solutions, and Aviation Services. The Communications and Connectivity segment offers equipment and solutions for the aerospace, avionics, satellite, radio, wireless, antenna, and mobile connectivity markets. The Mission Systems segment provides safety and survival systems for extreme environments; nose-to-tail aerial refueling systems; and wing-tip to wing-tip mission systems for jets, transport aircraft, and rotorcraft. The Advanced Electronic Solutions segment offers critical solutions for communication on land, at sea, in the air, and in space through off-the-shelf and customized products, which include radio frequency, microwave, microelectronics, antenna subsystems, and motion control solutions. This segment serves defense, radar, electronic warfare, X-ray imaging, medical, and industrial markets. The Aviation Services segment delivers outsourced aviation services for military and commercial customers through military training, special mission flights, outsourced commercial aviation, fly-in fly-out, and aircraft engineering services. Cobham plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Wimborne, the United Kingdom.