PPG Industries (PPG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DD or PPG?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DD or PPG?

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of PPG Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DD or PPG?

DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus target price of $99.17, suggesting a potential upside of 29.24%. PPG Industries has a consensus target price of $138.15, suggesting a potential upside of 22.87%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than PPG Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
PPG Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is DD or PPG 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
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%
PPG Industries	6.41%	23.78%	8.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DD or PPG?

PPG Industries received 72 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.61% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 903 63.37%	Underperform Votes 522 36.63%
PPG Industries	Outperform Votes 975 65.61%	Underperform Votes 511 34.39%

Is DD or PPG a better dividend stock?

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. PPG Industries pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPG Industries has increased 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DD or PPG?

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
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.59	$703M	$1.67	45.95
PPG Industries	$15.85B	1.61	$1.12B	$4.73	23.77

Does the media refer more to DD or PPG?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 5 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 15 mentions for PPG Industries. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 1.22 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PPG Industries	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 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.