PPG Industries (PPG) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PPG or DD?

PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries 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
PPG Industries	$15.85B	1.68	$1.12B	$4.73	24.29
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.76	$703M	$1.67	48.90

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPG or DD?

PPG Industries received 73 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.83% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PPG Industries	Outperform Votes 975 65.83%	Underperform Votes 506 34.17%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 902 63.39%	Underperform Votes 521 36.61%

Do analysts recommend PPG or DD?

PPG Industries presently has a consensus price target of $138.15, indicating a potential upside of 20.26%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.92%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than PPG Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPG Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk & volatility, PPG or DD?

PPG Industries has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PPG or DD?

81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PPG or DD more profitable?

PPG Industries has a net margin of 6.41% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 5.47%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 23.78% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPG Industries	6.41%	23.78%	8.74%
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%

Is PPG or DD a better dividend stock?

PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. PPG Industries pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. PPG Industries has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. PPG Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to PPG or DD?

In the previous week, PPG Industries had 4 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for PPG Industries and 21 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat PPG Industries' score of 0.67 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
PPG Industries	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Summary

PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.