DOW (DOW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DD or DOW?

DOW received 83 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.47% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.65% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 907 63.47%	Underperform Votes 522 36.53%
DOW	Outperform Votes 990 58.65%	Underperform Votes 698 41.35%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$12.39B	2.07	$703M	$1.67	36.65
DOW	$42.96B	0.48	$1.12B	$1.57	18.52

Do institutionals & insiders 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DD or DOW more profitable?

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 5.47% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.60%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 7.12% beat DOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%
DOW	2.60%	6.52%	2.07%

Do analysts rate DD or DOW?

DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus price target of $92.38, suggesting a potential upside of 50.96%. DOW has a consensus price target of $41.85, suggesting a potential upside of 43.95%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
DOW	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15

Is DD or DOW a better dividend stock?

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 98.2% 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 and risk, DD or DOW?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DD or DOW?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 28 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat DOW's score of -0.33 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	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DOW	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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