FMC vs. PPG, EMN, OLN, HUN, LXU, DOW, DD, ASH, BCPC, 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), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), and Chemours (CC).
FMC (NYSE:FMC) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
FMC currently has a consensus target price of $70.56, suggesting a potential upside of 13.34%. PPG Industries has a consensus target price of $155.47, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Given PPG Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than FMC.
FMC has a net margin of 27.65% compared to PPG Industries' net margin of 7.74%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 22.98% beat FMC's return on equity.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 5 more articles in the media than FMC. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PPG Industries and 11 mentions for FMC. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat FMC's score of 0.54 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FMC has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. FMC pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPG Industries pays out 43.9% 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. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FMC has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PPG Industries received 251 more outperform votes than FMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 64.78% of users gave FMC an outperform vote.
Summary
PPG Industries beats FMC on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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