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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is DOW or DD 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
DOW	2.60%	6.52%	2.07%
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%

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

64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DOW or DD?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 17 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat DOW's score of -0.31 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	1 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOW or DD?

DOW received 87 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.39% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DOW	Outperform Votes 989 58.80%	Underperform Votes 693 41.20%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 902 63.39%	Underperform Votes 521 36.61%

Do analysts rate DOW or DD?

DOW currently has a consensus target price of $47.31, suggesting a potential upside of 19.65%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is DOW or DD a better dividend stock?

DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. DuPont de Nemours pays out 91.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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	$42.96B	0.65	$1.12B	$1.57	25.18
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.76	$703M	$1.67	48.90

Which has more volatility and risk, DOW or DD?

DOW has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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