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NYSE:DOW

DOW (DOW) Competitors

$51.73
-1.05 (-1.99%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$51.64
$52.65
50-Day Range
$48.78
$56.92
52-Week Range
$42.91
$65.08
Volume
5.48 million shs
Average Volume
4.97 million shs
Market Capitalization
$36.59 billion
P/E Ratio
12.93
Dividend Yield
5.41%
Price Target
$57.44

DOW vs. DD, EMN, ALB, NUE, NEM, PPG, GOLD, LYB, FNV, and NTR

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), Nucor (NUE), Newmont (NEM), PPG Industries (PPG), Barrick Gold (GOLD), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Nutrien (NTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

DOW vs.

DOW (NYSE:DOW) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. DOW pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

DOW currently has a consensus price target of $57.44, suggesting a potential upside of 11.03%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $78.36, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than DOW.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DOW
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
DuPont de Nemours
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 1 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 4 mentions for DOW. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat DOW's score of 0.91 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DOW
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DuPont de Nemours
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DOW has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DuPont de Nemours has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DOW. DuPont de Nemours 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$56.90 billion0.64$4.58 billion$4.0012.94
DuPont de Nemours$13.02 billion2.47$5.87 billion$11.536.07

DuPont de Nemours has a net margin of 43.63% compared to DOW's net margin of 5.46%. DOW's return on equity of 16.22% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DOW 5.46% 16.22% 5.38%
DuPont de Nemours 43.63% 6.34% 3.92%

63.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DOW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

DOW received 100 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DOWOutperform Votes
969
60.04%
Underperform Votes
645
39.96%
DuPont de NemoursOutperform Votes
869
64.18%
Underperform Votes
485
35.82%

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats DOW on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

MetricDOWPlastics materials & resins IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$36.60B$9.99B$2.65B$15.05B
Dividend Yield5.20%2.49%4.95%3.87%
P/E Ratio12.9411.4687.6619.57
Price / Sales0.642.1979,377.699.22
Price / Cash5.1810.6025.6523.99
Price / Book1.721.993.137.33
Net Income$4.58B$1.20B$412.12M$903.19M
7 Day Performance0.25%0.28%1.69%1.79%
1 Month Performance-3.60%2.24%-3.12%4.00%
1 Year Performance-21.44%-18.99%-9.37%-4.78%

DOW Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DD
DuPont de Nemours
2.738 of 5 stars
$71.04
-0.7%
$78.36
+10.3%
+4.1%$32.61B$13.02B6.1623,000
EMN
Eastman Chemical
2.461 of 5 stars
$82.47
+0.3%
$95.31
+15.6%
-26.4%$9.83B$10.58B14.6714,500
ALB
Albemarle
3.0374 of 5 stars
$213.09
+3.4%
$282.74
+32.7%
-13.4%$25.00B$7.32B6.837,400
NUE
Nucor
1.9109 of 5 stars
$143.51
+1.8%
$148.88
+3.7%
+13.1%$36.05B$39.73B5.6331,400Dividend Announcement
NEM
Newmont
2.6157 of 5 stars
$41.98
+0.1%
$60.53
+44.2%
-37.4%$33.36B$11.92B-63.6114,600
PPG
PPG Industries
2.4508 of 5 stars
$139.21
+0.9%
$148.28
+6.5%
+11.1%$32.77B$17.65B25.9752,000
GOLD
Barrick Gold
2.1563 of 5 stars
$17.12
-0.4%
$22.43
+31.0%
-17.4%$30.18B$10.80B285.3323,000
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
2.5621 of 5 stars
$89.00
-0.8%
$98.61
+10.8%
-17.7%$28.95B$50.45B9.6319,300
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.3114 of 5 stars
$147.88
+0.2%
$174.29
+17.9%
+2.1%$28.39B$1.25B42.1338
NTR
Nutrien
2.9151 of 5 stars
$57.22
+3.4%
$79.18
+38.4%
-33.3%$28.39B$37.88B4.4923,500Analyst Report
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