FMC (FMC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CTVA or FMC?

81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CTVA or FMC?

Corteva has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CTVA or FMC?

In the previous week, FMC had 15 more articles in the media than Corteva. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for FMC and 17 mentions for Corteva. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat FMC's score of 1.33 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corteva	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FMC	27 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CTVA or FMC a better dividend stock?

Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Corteva pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CTVA or FMC?

Corteva presently has a consensus price target of $80.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.74%. FMC has a consensus price target of $49.58, suggesting a potential upside of 34.85%. Given FMC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FMC is more favorable than Corteva.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corteva	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CTVA or FMC?

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
Corteva	$17.18B	2.86	$907M	$2.05	35.35
FMC	$4.25B	1.08	$341.10M	$0.80	45.96

Is CTVA or FMC 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
Corteva	8.16%	8.68%	5.20%
FMC	2.42%	9.36%	3.51%

Summary

Corteva beats FMC on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.