FMC (FMC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, FMC or DOW?

FMC has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FMC or DOW?

DOW has higher revenue and earnings than FMC. FMC 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
FMC	$4.12B	1.31	$341.10M	$2.62	16.54
DOW	$42.63B	0.50	$1.12B	$0.40	75.35

Is FMC or DOW more profitable?

FMC has a net margin of 8.03% compared to DOW's net margin of 2.60%. FMC's return on equity of 9.67% beat DOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FMC	8.03%	9.67%	3.64%
DOW	2.60%	6.52%	2.07%

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

91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FMC or DOW?

DOW received 269 more outperform votes than FMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.72% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave DOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FMC	Outperform Votes 722 63.72%	Underperform Votes 411 36.28%
DOW	Outperform Votes 991 58.43%	Underperform Votes 705 41.57%

Is FMC or DOW a better dividend stock?

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. FMC pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DOW pays out 700.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer FMC or DOW?

FMC currently has a consensus price target of $49.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.15%. DOW has a consensus price target of $38.86, indicating a potential upside of 28.92%. Given DOW's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DOW is more favorable than FMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FMC	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
DOW	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Does the media prefer FMC or DOW?

In the previous week, FMC had 9 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FMC and 5 mentions for DOW. DOW's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat FMC's score of 0.12 indicating that DOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FMC	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DOW	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

FMC beats DOW on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.