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DOW vs. CBT, CE, CRS, EMN, HUN, LYB, OLN, WLK, DD, and PPG

Should you be buying DOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DOW include Cabot (CBT), Celanese (CE), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Olin (OLN), Westlake (WLK), DuPont de Nemours (DD), and PPG Industries (PPG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

DOW vs. Its Competitors

DOW (NYSE:DOW) and Cabot (NYSE:CBT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Cabot has a net margin of 11.08% compared to DOW's net margin of 0.69%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.76% beat DOW's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DOW0.69% 4.59% 1.44%
Cabot 11.08%26.76%11.24%

DOW presently has a consensus price target of $33.47, indicating a potential upside of 33.29%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $92.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. Given DOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DOW is more favorable than Cabot.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DOW
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
Cabot
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. DOW pays out 700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cabot pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DOW$42.96B0.41$1.12B$0.4062.78
Cabot$3.99B1.02$380M$7.739.77

In the previous week, Cabot had 13 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cabot and 7 mentions for DOW. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat DOW's score of -0.53 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DOW
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Cabot
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

DOW has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Cabot shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Cabot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cabot beats DOW on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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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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DOW vs. The Competition

MetricDOWCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.47B$12.10B$3.35B$21.15B
Dividend Yield9.22%3.29%5.14%3.58%
P/E Ratio62.7822.49109.0827.76
Price / Sales0.415.8529,967,650,242,430,200.0058.40
Price / Cash5.217.7623.9523.00
Price / Book0.991.706.084.67
Net Income$1.12B$507.43M$147.58M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-11.39%0.94%1.94%1.48%
1 Month Performance-6.41%7.13%7.76%5.79%
1 Year Performance-52.49%-2.47%30.70%11.41%

DOW Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOW
DOW
4.2543 of 5 stars
$25.11
-17.3%
$33.47
+33.3%
-52.9%$21.47B$42.96B62.7836,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CBT
Cabot
4.3267 of 5 stars
$74.92
-1.8%
$92.67
+23.7%
-21.5%$4.02B$3.99B9.694,200
CE
Celanese
4.2307 of 5 stars
$57.35
-2.0%
$66.50
+16.0%
-58.0%$6.27B$10.28B-3.7712,163Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.2877 of 5 stars
$287.06
+0.1%
$278.33
-3.0%
+124.8%$14.29B$2.76B40.664,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9276 of 5 stars
$77.74
-0.6%
$97.08
+24.9%
-19.7%$8.98B$9.38B9.8914,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HUN
Huntsman
3.9338 of 5 stars
$11.33
+0.3%
$13.17
+16.2%
-52.6%$1.97B$5.98B-12.456,300Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.3279 of 5 stars
$63.21
-0.1%
$66.00
+4.4%
-36.2%$20.32B$40.30B19.5120,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
OLN
Olin
4.7283 of 5 stars
$20.40
-2.3%
$27.33
+34.0%
-56.1%$2.35B$6.54B40.007,676Upcoming Earnings
WLK
Westlake
4.6688 of 5 stars
$81.37
-2.5%
$93.77
+15.2%
-41.8%$10.43B$12.14B27.3115,540Gap Down
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.6878 of 5 stars
$75.57
+1.5%
$88.15
+16.7%
-5.9%$31.63B$12.39B-397.7424,000Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6804 of 5 stars
$114.51
-1.3%
$131.42
+14.8%
-8.0%$25.99B$15.85B24.5246,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:DOW) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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