DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, MLM, NEM, VMC, NUE, LYB, PPG, and AEM
Should you be buying DOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DOW include DuPont de Nemours (DD), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Albemarle (ALB), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Newmont (NEM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Nucor (NUE), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), PPG Industries (PPG), and Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DOW (NYSE:DOW) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
DOW has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. DOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DuPont de Nemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 7 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 3 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat DOW's score of 0.40 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. DOW pays out 341.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DuPont de Nemours pays out 163.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 3.51% compared to DOW's net margin of 1.32%. DOW's return on equity of 7.97% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
DOW received 98 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.
64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DOW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DOW has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DOW currently has a consensus target price of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $77.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.
Summary
DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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