DuPont de Nemours (DD) Competitors

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 profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend DD or DOW?

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.29%. DOW has a consensus target price of $47.85, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
DOW	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21

Does the media refer more to DD or DOW?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 8 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 10 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat DOW's score of 0.02 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DOW	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, DD or DOW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours	$12.07B	2.67	$423M	$1.90	40.52
DOW	$42.96B	0.63	$1.12B	$1.57	24.57

Is DD or DOW a better dividend stock?

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 7.3%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 80.0% 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 178.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, DD or DOW?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DD or DOW more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 6.35% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.60%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 6.64% beat DOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	6.35%	6.64%	4.29%
DOW	2.60%	6.52%	2.07%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DD or DOW?

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DD or DOW?

DOW received 92 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.39% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.83% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 897 63.39%	Underperform Votes 518 36.61%
DOW	Outperform Votes 989 58.83%	Underperform Votes 692 41.17%

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.