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DuPont de Nemours (DD) Competitors

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DD vs. AVNT, CRS, DOW, EMN, ESI, ITT, LYB, PPG, WLK, and FMC

Should you be buying DuPont de Nemours stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DuPont de Nemours include Avient (AVNT), Carpenter Technology (CRS), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Element Solutions (ESI), ITT (ITT), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PPG Industries (PPG), Westlake (WLK), and FMC (FMC).

DuPont de Nemours vs. Its Competitors

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. DuPont de Nemours pays out -348.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 16 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 5 mentions for Avient. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Avient's score of 0.28 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avient
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours$12.39B2.74$703M-$0.47-172.36
Avient$3.24B0.92$169.50M$1.2825.52

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of -1.54%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours-1.54% 7.85% 5.10%
Avient 3.65%10.57%4.17%

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $89.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Avient has a consensus price target of $43.60, indicating a potential upside of 33.47%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Summary

Avient beats DuPont de Nemours on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DD vs. The Competition

MetricDuPont de NemoursCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.04B$11.49B$3.71B$22.01B
Dividend Yield2.02%3.35%5.06%3.58%
P/E Ratio-172.3633.2021.6633.18
Price / Sales2.746.4621,747.6361.58
Price / Cash11.697.4126.4324.54
Price / Book1.421.637.054.66
Net Income$703M$508.75M$148.62M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.78%3.26%-1.42%2.24%
1 Month Performance8.65%-2.05%5.25%2.10%
1 Year Performance-2.75%-5.83%53.45%14.01%

DuPont de Nemours Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.3994 of 5 stars
$81.01
-0.3%
$89.75
+10.8%
-3.8%$34.04B$12.39B-172.3624,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AVNT
Avient
4.334 of 5 stars
$31.96
+1.9%
$43.60
+36.4%
-32.0%$2.93B$3.24B24.979,200Analyst Forecast
CRS
Carpenter Technology
3.9952 of 5 stars
$241.84
+1.5%
$278.33
+15.1%
+103.2%$12.06B$2.88B32.594,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
DOW
DOW
3.8608 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.1%
$29.11
+34.5%
-51.4%$15.34B$42.96B-15.4636,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8014 of 5 stars
$61.52
+0.4%
$82.62
+34.3%
-41.3%$7.06B$9.38B8.6414,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ESI
Element Solutions
4.5836 of 5 stars
$26.01
+1.6%
$28.75
+10.6%
-3.0%$6.28B$2.46B26.015,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5884 of 5 stars
$172.35
-0.3%
$191.00
+10.8%
+23.2%$13.44B$3.63B27.1011,700Upcoming Earnings
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.6544 of 5 stars
$45.64
-1.2%
$58.56
+28.3%
-46.2%$14.68B$40.30B59.2720,000Upcoming Earnings
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6126 of 5 stars
$102.16
+0.6%
$127.73
+25.0%
-18.7%$23.06B$15.85B23.1746,000Upcoming Earnings
WLK
Westlake
4.085 of 5 stars
$75.38
+0.2%
$91.64
+21.6%
-41.3%$9.67B$12.14B-142.2315,540Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.4011 of 5 stars
$29.57
+0.6%
$43.08
+45.7%
-50.4%$3.69B$4.25B36.965,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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