FMC (FMC) Competitors

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

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%

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	2.80	$907M	$2.05	34.49
FMC	$4.13B	1.12	$341.10M	$0.80	46.45

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CTVA or FMC?

81.5% of Corteva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corteva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTVA or FMC?

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

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 6.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CTVA or FMC?

Corteva currently has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.98%. FMC has a consensus price target of $49.58, suggesting a potential upside of 33.42%. 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)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Does the media favor CTVA or FMC?

In the previous week, Corteva had 15 more articles in the media than FMC. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Corteva and 17 mentions for FMC. FMC's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Corteva's score of 1.00 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corteva	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FMC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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