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$39.94 +0.84 (+2.15%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

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

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

DOW vs.

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

DOW has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DOW$43.18B0.65$589M$1.5026.63
DuPont de Nemours$12.19B2.65$423M$1.9040.67

DOW received 95 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.31% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DOWOutperform Votes
987
58.96%
Underperform Votes
687
41.04%
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
892
63.31%
Underperform Votes
517
36.69%

DOW currently has a consensus price target of $52.08, indicating a potential upside of 30.39%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $95.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.25%. Given DOW's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DOW is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DOW
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
DuPont de Nemours
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 8 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 5 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat DOW's score of 0.36 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
DOW
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DuPont de Nemours
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
DOW2.46% 8.01% 2.58%
DuPont de Nemours 6.35%6.64%4.29%

DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DOW vs. The Competition

MetricDOWPlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.96B$7.90B$2.75B$19.18B
Dividend Yield6.98%2.51%5.20%3.58%
P/E Ratio26.6326.27112.6041.22
Price / Sales0.651.29827,632.2417.58
Price / Cash6.9110.3823.8421.28
Price / Book1.471.733.355.32
Net Income$589M$234.47M$151.64M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-2.25%-9.28%-2.86%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-10.84%-7.72%3.01%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-27.34%-4.63%17.25%12.06%

DOW Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOW
DOW
4.5607 of 5 stars
$39.94
+2.1%
$52.08
+30.4%
-26.8%$27.96B$43.18B26.6335,900Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7476 of 5 stars
$80.41
-0.5%
$95.42
+18.7%
+5.5%$33.61B$12.19B42.5524,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7091 of 5 stars
$123.77
-0.3%
$149.93
+21.1%
-17.8%$28.71B$18.25B19.6853,000Analyst Forecast
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9477 of 5 stars
$96.75
-0.9%
$114.46
+18.3%
+4.6%$11.21B$9.34B13.0314,000Analyst Downgrade
FMC
FMC
4.7299 of 5 stars
$52.21
-2.4%
$68.00
+30.2%
-16.0%$6.52B$4.17B4.606,600Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.9294 of 5 stars
$36.03
-3.4%
$50.14
+39.2%
-35.9%$4.20B$6.83B29.037,326Buyback Announcement
HUN
Huntsman
4.5793 of 5 stars
$18.89
-0.8%
$25.43
+34.6%
-27.6%$3.27B$5.99B-27.616,000Analyst Forecast
LXU
LSB Industries
3.3805 of 5 stars
$8.74
-0.6%
$10.25
+17.3%
-16.8%$625.97M$520.11M-41.86570Positive News
ALB
Albemarle
3.9994 of 5 stars
$100.04
+0.7%
$114.47
+14.4%
-37.8%$11.76B$6.50B-5.939,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HXL
Hexcel
4.2104 of 5 stars
$64.41
+1.0%
$70.83
+10.0%
-13.2%$5.22B$1.89B48.665,590Analyst Upgrade
AVNT
Avient
4.807 of 5 stars
$47.08
-0.9%
$55.50
+17.9%
+4.5%$4.30B$3.21B29.339,300Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DOW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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