DOW vs. DD, PPG, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, LXU, ALB, HXL, and AVNT
Should you be buying DOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DOW include DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), Albemarle (ALB), Hexcel (HXL), and Avient (AVNT).
DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) 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 media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
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.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 8.05% beat DOW's return on equity.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 3 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for DOW. DOW's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.57 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 5.0%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. DOW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus price target of $91.09, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. DOW has a consensus price target of $59.18, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. Given DOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
DOW received 93 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.30% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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