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DuPont de Nemours (DD) Competitors

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$74.75 -0.68 (-0.90%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:45 PM Eastern

DD vs. PPG, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, LXU, ALB, HXL, and AVNT

Should you be buying DuPont de Nemours stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DuPont de Nemours include PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), Albemarle (ALB), Hexcel (HXL), and Avient (AVNT).

DuPont de Nemours vs.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. PPG Industries pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPG Industries has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. PPG Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

PPG Industries received 79 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.99% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
893
63.33%
Underperform Votes
517
36.67%
PPG IndustriesOutperform Votes
972
65.99%
Underperform Votes
501
34.01%

In the previous week, PPG Industries had 4 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for PPG Industries and 5 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat PPG Industries' score of -0.15 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PPG Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus price target of $95.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. PPG Industries has a consensus price target of $149.29, indicating a potential upside of 30.64%. Given PPG Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
PPG Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PPG Industries has a net margin of 8.24% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 6.35%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 23.63% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours6.35% 6.64% 4.29%
PPG Industries 8.24%23.63%8.70%

PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours$12.19B2.56$423M$1.9039.34
PPG Industries$18.03B1.47$1.27B$6.3118.11

Summary

PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DD vs. The Competition

MetricDuPont de NemoursPlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.24B$7.73B$2.92B$19.33B
Dividend Yield2.00%2.66%5.07%3.67%
P/E Ratio39.3425.88109.5338.89
Price / Sales2.561.26866,506.4420.35
Price / Cash10.0110.3424.4621.29
Price / Book1.301.703.735.48
Net Income$423M$234.47M$153.81M$992.21M
7 Day Performance-2.45%-6.87%2.61%3.25%
1 Month Performance-9.42%-13.59%0.87%-1.32%
1 Year Performance-2.36%-0.48%21.58%16.12%

DuPont de Nemours Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.8572 of 5 stars
$74.75
-0.9%
$95.25
+27.4%
-2.9%$31.24B$12.19B39.3424,000
PPG
PPG Industries
4.8864 of 5 stars
$119.62
-0.6%
$149.29
+24.8%
-21.5%$27.75B$18.03B18.9653,000News Coverage
DOW
DOW
4.4588 of 5 stars
$39.57
-1.1%
$52.08
+31.6%
-27.9%$27.70B$43.18B26.3835,900
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9934 of 5 stars
$91.40
-0.4%
$113.92
+24.6%
+0.7%$10.59B$9.34B12.2414,000Analyst Downgrade
FMC
FMC
4.8179 of 5 stars
$48.19
-1.7%
$65.69
+36.3%
-20.7%$6.02B$4.17B4.156,600Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
OLN
Olin
4.89 of 5 stars
$33.27
-1.5%
$50.14
+50.7%
-38.9%$3.88B$6.48B26.837,326
HUN
Huntsman
4.3094 of 5 stars
$17.59
-1.1%
$24.14
+37.3%
-30.9%$3.04B$5.99B-25.496,000Options Volume
LXU
LSB Industries
3.5676 of 5 stars
$7.55
-0.4%
$10.25
+35.8%
-16.1%$540.74M$520.11M-35.95570News Coverage
ALB
Albemarle
4.1798 of 5 stars
$86.41
-2.1%
$115.74
+33.9%
-37.4%$10.16B$6.50B-5.169,000
HXL
Hexcel
4.324 of 5 stars
$62.85
-0.4%
$71.33
+13.5%
-11.2%$5.09B$1.89B47.985,590
AVNT
Avient
4.7184 of 5 stars
$40.35
-0.2%
$55.50
+37.5%
-0.4%$3.69B$3.21B24.919,300

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This page (NYSE:DD) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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