DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, NEM, AEM, LYB, PPG, GOLD, and APD
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), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Air Products and Chemicals (APD). 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 profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus price target of $82.10, indicating a potential upside of 2.74%. DOW has a consensus price target of $59.18, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Given DOW's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 8.05% beat DOW's return on equity.
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 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DOW received 98 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.22% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
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 4.7%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. DOW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DOW had 1 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for DOW and 14 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DOW's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.50 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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