DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, NEM, LYB, AEM, PPG, GOLD, and NTR
Should you be buying DOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DOW include DuPont de Nemours (DD), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Albemarle (ALB), Nucor (NUE), Newmont (NEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DOW (NYSE:DOW) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DOW has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DOW presently has a consensus target price of $59.18, suggesting a potential upside of 0.94%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 18 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 5 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat DOW's score of 0.19 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
DOW received 98 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.19% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. DuPont de Nemours pays out 185.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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