PPG vs. DOW, DD, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, LXU, RPM, AXTA, and SCCO
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), RPM International (RPM), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), and Southern Copper (SCCO).
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.75%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 22.98% beat DOW's return on equity.
DOW received 19 more outperform votes than PPG Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.05% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
PPG Industries has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. PPG Industries pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
PPG Industries currently has a consensus target price of $155.47, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. DOW has a consensus target price of $59.18, indicating a potential upside of 5.44%. Given PPG Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than DOW.
PPG Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DOW. PPG Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DOW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 11 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PPG Industries and 4 mentions for DOW. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat DOW's score of 0.13 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PPG Industries beats DOW on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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