DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, NEM, LYB, AEM, 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), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), and Air Products and Chemicals (APD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $77.90, indicating a potential downside of 0.51%. DOW has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.09%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DOW is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 15 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 14 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DOW's score of 0.63 indicating that DOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DOW received 100 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 163.4% 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 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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.
DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 3.51% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 2.75%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 8.05% beat DOW's return on equity.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get DOW News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DOW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DOW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
