DOW (DOW) 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.

Is DOW or CBT more profitable?

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
DOW	0.69%	4.59%	1.44%
Cabot	11.08%	26.76%	11.24%

Do analysts recommend DOW or CBT?

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

Is DOW or CBT a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DOW or CBT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DOW	$42.96B	0.41	$1.12B	$0.40	62.78
Cabot	$3.99B	1.02	$380M	$7.73	9.77

Does the media prefer DOW or CBT?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DOW or CBT?

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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOW or CBT?

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.