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$58.74 +0.41 (+0.70%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

FMC vs. PPG, EMN, OLN, HUN, LXU, DD, DOW, BCPC, ASH, and CC

Should you be buying FMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FMC include PPG Industries (PPG), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Chemours (CC).

FMC vs.

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

PPG Industries has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PPG Industries presently has a consensus price target of $149.93, indicating a potential upside of 22.24%. FMC has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Given PPG Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than FMC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PPG Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
FMC
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. PPG Industries pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FMC pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. PPG Industries has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

PPG Industries received 256 more outperform votes than FMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave FMC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PPG IndustriesOutperform Votes
967
65.92%
Underperform Votes
500
34.08%
FMCOutperform Votes
711
64.46%
Underperform Votes
392
35.54%

In the previous week, FMC had 10 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for FMC and 14 mentions for PPG Industries. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat FMC's score of 0.80 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PPG Industries
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FMC
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FMC has a net margin of 34.93% compared to PPG Industries' net margin of 8.24%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 23.63% beat FMC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PPG Industries8.24% 23.63% 8.70%
FMC 34.93%7.68%2.86%

FMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PPG Industries. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPG Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PPG Industries$18.03B1.58$1.27B$6.3119.44
FMC$4.49B1.63$1.32B$11.625.06

Summary

PPG Industries beats FMC on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FMC vs. The Competition

MetricFMCChemicals & allied products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.33B$5.67B$14.73B$20.17B
Dividend Yield4.17%2.88%2.65%3.50%
P/E Ratio5.0620.5623.4043.99
Price / Sales1.6326.624.0517.76
Price / Cash10.5310.9920.7621.29
Price / Book1.582.736.224.71
Net Income$1.32B$244.18M$582.93M$986.85M
7 Day Performance8.00%2.96%3.30%3.76%
1 Month Performance-5.46%0.83%-0.67%4.65%
1 Year Performance10.58%14.80%12.39%27.72%

FMC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMC
FMC
4.3472 of 5 stars
$58.74
+0.7%
$68.00
+15.8%
+10.6%$7.33B$4.49B5.066,600
PPG
PPG Industries
4.4294 of 5 stars
$122.68
+1.1%
$149.93
+22.2%
-10.2%$28.46B$18.25B19.2253,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9325 of 5 stars
$103.65
+2.2%
$111.50
+7.6%
+29.7%$12.01B$9.21B13.8714,000Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.8365 of 5 stars
$41.98
+2.9%
$51.86
+23.5%
-9.1%$4.90B$6.83B32.917,326Positive News
HUN
Huntsman
4.4359 of 5 stars
$19.69
+1.3%
$25.75
+30.8%
-20.9%$3.41B$6.11B-28.416,000
LXU
LSB Industries
1.9379 of 5 stars
$8.81
+3.5%
$10.25
+16.3%
+7.5%$630.97M$593.71M-41.81570
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.4175 of 5 stars
$82.95
+1.3%
$95.42
+15.0%
+16.8%$34.67B$12.07B43.6624,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
4.7931 of 5 stars
$44.80
+2.0%
$57.27
+27.8%
-11.5%$31.36B$44.62B29.8635,900News Coverage
BCPC
Balchem
4.2162 of 5 stars
$180.09
+1.2%
$190.00
+5.5%
+50.0%$5.79B$942.38M48.411,302Positive News
ASH
Ashland
4.9427 of 5 stars
$77.74
+2.0%
$103.29
+32.9%
+1.3%$3.66B$2.11B23.213,800Analyst Forecast
CC
Chemours
4.3269 of 5 stars
$20.83
+8.2%
$24.88
+19.4%
-18.0%$3.11B$6.03B41.656,200

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This page (NYSE:FMC) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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