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$79.82 -1.17 (-1.44%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 15 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for Avient. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Avient's score of 0.75 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Avient
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$12.61B2.65$703M-$0.47-169.84
Avient$3.25B0.92$169.50M$1.2825.63

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 target price of $88.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Avient has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.24%. Given Avient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Avient beats DuPont de Nemours on 11 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

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.
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DD vs. The Competition

MetricDuPont de NemoursCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.38B$11.73B$3.76B$21.63B
Dividend Yield2.02%3.25%5.03%3.55%
P/E Ratio-169.8426.88165.7529.82
Price / Sales2.656.1322,435.8394.19
Price / Cash11.657.5426.1624.73
Price / Book1.401.677.094.61
Net Income$703M$508.39M$149.34M$1.00B
7 Day Performance4.80%1.08%2.53%2.07%
1 Month Performance3.50%0.26%13.08%3.89%
1 Year Performance-8.77%-5.22%54.16%13.14%

DuPont de Nemours Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.3634 of 5 stars
$79.82
-1.4%
$88.33
+10.7%
-8.4%$33.38B$12.61B-169.8424,000
AVNT
Avient
4.556 of 5 stars
$32.55
-0.9%
$46.00
+41.3%
-32.2%$2.98B$3.24B25.439,200
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.3349 of 5 stars
$241.69
-3.7%
$278.33
+15.2%
+60.3%$12.05B$2.88B32.574,500Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
DOW
DOW
4.3069 of 5 stars
$22.87
-0.4%
$30.00
+31.2%
-56.3%$16.21B$42.96B-16.3436,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8208 of 5 stars
$62.62
-0.1%
$87.77
+40.2%
-40.7%$7.19B$9.38B8.8014,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ESI
Element Solutions
4.1542 of 5 stars
$24.98
+0.0%
$27.38
+9.6%
+2.4%$6.03B$2.46B24.985,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.4114 of 5 stars
$176.85
+0.0%
$188.11
+6.4%
+23.5%$13.79B$3.63B27.8111,700Analyst Forecast
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.9343 of 5 stars
$48.98
-1.0%
$64.00
+30.7%
-47.8%$15.75B$40.30B63.6120,000Analyst Forecast
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6846 of 5 stars
$103.94
+0.3%
$129.82
+24.9%
-18.4%$23.46B$15.85B23.5746,000Analyst Forecast
WLK
Westlake
3.4336 of 5 stars
$76.92
-0.9%
$92.64
+20.4%
-43.8%$9.87B$12.14B-145.1415,540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.5673 of 5 stars
$33.48
-0.5%
$49.58
+48.1%
-49.6%$4.18B$4.25B41.855,700Ex-Dividend
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