DD vs. DOW, EMN, ALB, LYB, AEM, PPG, GOLD, NTR, TECK, and NUE
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), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), and Nucor (NUE). 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, DOW had 3 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for DOW and 13 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat DOW's score of 0.39 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DOW received 99 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 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. DOW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.13%. DOW has a consensus price target of $59.18, suggesting a potential upside of 0.82%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
Summary
DOW beats DuPont de Nemours on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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