DD vs. DOW, EMN, ALB, PPG, AEM, GOLD, LYB, NTR, WPM, and TECK
Should you be buying DuPont de Nemours stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DuPont de Nemours include DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Albemarle (ALB), PPG Industries (PPG), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), and Teck Resources (TECK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 3.51% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.75%. DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
DOW received 100 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
DOW has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. DOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DuPont de Nemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 8 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 15 mentions for DOW. DOW's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.63 indicating that DOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus target price of $77.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. DOW has a consensus target price of $59.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 163.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DOW pays out 166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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