PPG vs. DD, AEM, GOLD, LYB, NTR, WPM, TECK, FNV, STLD, and DOW
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include DuPont de Nemours (DD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Teck Resources (TECK), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) 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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
PPG Industries has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 49 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for PPG Industries and 9 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat PPG Industries' score of 0.25 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PPG Industries received 81 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PPG Industries 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. PPG Industries pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
PPG Industries presently has a consensus price target of $155.47, indicating a potential upside of 19.44%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $77.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given PPG Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 3.51%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 22.98% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries 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.
Summary
PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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