DOW (DOW) Competitors

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.

Is DOW or DD a better dividend stock?

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.

Do analysts rate DOW or DD?

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

Does the media favor DOW or DD?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DOW or DD?

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DOW or DD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DOW	$56.90 billion	0.64	$4.58 billion	$4.00	12.94
DuPont de Nemours	$13.02 billion	2.47	$5.87 billion	$11.53	6.07

Is DOW or DD more profitable?

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%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DOW or DD?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOW or DD?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DOW	Outperform Votes 969 60.04%	Underperform Votes 645 39.96%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform 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.