DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, MLM, AEM, VMC, LYB, NEM, and PPG
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), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Newmont (NEM), and PPG Industries (PPG). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
DOW's return on equity of 8.05% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 52 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 3 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat DOW's score of 0.44 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 received 94 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.28% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
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.
DOW currently has a consensus price target of $59.18, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $90.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.41%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
DOW has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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