DD vs. AVNT, CE, CRS, DOW, EMN, ESI, ITT, LYB, WLK, and PPG
Should you be buying DuPont de Nemours stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DuPont de Nemours include Avient (AVNT), Celanese (CE), Carpenter Technology (CRS), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Element Solutions (ESI), ITT (ITT), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), and PPG Industries (PPG).
DuPont de Nemours vs. Its Competitors
Avient (NYSE:AVNT) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 18 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 2 mentions for Avient. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Avient's score of 0.84 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Avient has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Avient pays out 100.9% 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 -863.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Avient presently has a consensus price target of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 41.22%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $86.77, indicating a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of -0.60%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
Summary
Avient beats DuPont de Nemours on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:DD) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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