Danimer Scientific (DNMR) Competitors

Danimer Scientific (NYSE:DNMR) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DNMR or DD?

DuPont de Nemours received 881 more outperform votes than Danimer Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Danimer Scientific an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Danimer Scientific	Outperform Votes 9 34.62%	Underperform Votes 17 65.38%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 890 63.30%	Underperform Votes 516 36.70%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DNMR or DD?

33.8% of Danimer Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Danimer Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer DNMR or DD?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 16 more articles in the media than Danimer Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 2 mentions for Danimer Scientific. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Danimer Scientific's score of 0.17 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Danimer Scientific	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DuPont de Nemours	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DNMR or DD?

Danimer Scientific currently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 332.10%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $95.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. Given Danimer Scientific's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Danimer Scientific is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Danimer Scientific	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
DuPont de Nemours	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DNMR or DD?

DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than Danimer Scientific. Danimer Scientific 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
Danimer Scientific	$46.68M	0.56	-$155.47M	-$49.20	-0.18
DuPont de Nemours	$12.19B	2.81	$423M	$1.90	43.08

Which has more risk & volatility, DNMR or DD?

Danimer Scientific has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DNMR or DD more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 6.35% compared to Danimer Scientific's net margin of -325.87%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 6.64% beat Danimer Scientific's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Danimer Scientific	-325.87%	-48.01%	-18.56%
DuPont de Nemours	6.35%	6.64%	4.29%

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats Danimer Scientific on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.