DuPont de Nemours (DD) Competitors

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend DD or PPG?

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus target price of $85.15, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. PPG Industries has a consensus target price of $128.42, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than PPG Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
PPG Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DD or PPG?

PPG Industries received 69 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.57% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 912 63.47%	Underperform Votes 525 36.53%
PPG Industries	Outperform Votes 981 65.57%	Underperform Votes 515 34.43%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DD or PPG?

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of PPG Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DD or PPG?

PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPG Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours	$12.52B	2.30	$703M	-$0.19	-362.42
PPG Industries	$15.68B	1.65	$1.12B	$4.67	24.34

Which has more risk and volatility, DD or PPG?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DD or PPG?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 3 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 23 mentions for PPG Industries. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat PPG Industries' score of 1.16 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PPG Industries	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DD or PPG a better dividend stock?

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. DuPont de Nemours pays out -863.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPG Industries pays out 58.2% 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. PPG Industries has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. PPG Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is DD or PPG more profitable?

PPG Industries has a net margin of 6.41% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 5.47%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 23.78% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%
PPG Industries	6.41%	23.78%	8.74%

Summary

PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.