FMC (FMC) Competitors

FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is FMC or CTVA more profitable?

Corteva has a net margin of 8.16% compared to FMC's net margin of 2.42%. FMC's return on equity of 9.36% beat Corteva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FMC	2.42%	9.36%	3.51%
Corteva	8.16%	8.68%	5.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, FMC or CTVA?

FMC has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FMC or CTVA?

FMC presently has a consensus target price of $49.58, suggesting a potential upside of 28.78%. Corteva has a consensus target price of $80.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. Given FMC's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FMC is more favorable than Corteva.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Corteva	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Is FMC or CTVA a better dividend stock?

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. FMC pays out 290.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Corteva pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corteva has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FMC or CTVA?

Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than FMC. Corteva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FMC, 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
FMC	$4.13B	1.16	$341.10M	$0.80	48.13
Corteva	$16.91B	2.92	$907M	$2.05	35.52

Does the media favor FMC or CTVA?

In the previous week, FMC had 11 more articles in the media than Corteva. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for FMC and 25 mentions for Corteva. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat FMC's score of 0.95 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FMC	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corteva	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FMC or CTVA?

91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Corteva beats FMC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.