DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, NEM, AEM, LYB, PPG, GOLD, and APD
Should you be buying DOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DOW include DuPont de Nemours (DD), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Albemarle (ALB), Nucor (NUE), Newmont (NEM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Air Products and Chemicals (APD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DOW (NYSE:DOW) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, DOW and DOW both had 14 articles in the media. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat DOW's score of 0.38 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DOW currently has a consensus price target of $59.18, suggesting a potential downside of 0.01%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $82.10, suggesting a potential upside of 2.74%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
DOW received 98 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.22% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DOW pays out 166.7% 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 185.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DOW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DOW has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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