DOW (DOW) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer DOW or DD?

DOW currently has a consensus price target of $50.46, suggesting a potential upside of 22.94%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.46%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.

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

Does the media refer more to DOW or DD?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 33 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 2 mentions for DOW. DOW's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.41 indicating that DOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DOW	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DuPont de Nemours	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DOW or DD more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 6.35% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.46%. DOW's return on equity of 8.01% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DOW	2.46%	8.01%	2.58%
DuPont de Nemours	6.35%	6.64%	4.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, DOW or DD?

DOW has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOW or DD?

DOW received 91 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.37% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.89% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DOW	Outperform Votes 987 58.89%	Underperform Votes 689 41.11%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 896 63.37%	Underperform Votes 518 36.63%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DOW or DD?

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
DOW	$44.62B	0.64	$589M	$1.50	27.36
DuPont de Nemours	$12.07B	2.68	$423M	$1.90	40.79

Is DOW or DD a better dividend stock?

DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DOW pays out 186.7% 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 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DOW or DD?

64.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.