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FMC vs. DOW, EMN, OLN, HUN, LXU, DD, PPG, SMG, FDP, and AGRO

Should you be buying FMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FMC include DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), Lsb Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), and Adecoagro (AGRO).

FMC vs. Its Competitors

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

FMC currently has a consensus target price of $50.54, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. DOW has a consensus target price of $33.47, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Given FMC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FMC is more favorable than DOW.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FMC
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
DOW
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, FMC had 23 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for FMC and 3 mentions for DOW. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat DOW's score of -0.25 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FMC
11 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DOW
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. 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.

FMC has a net margin of 7.97% compared to DOW's net margin of 0.69%. FMC's return on equity of 9.12% beat DOW's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FMC7.97% 9.12% 3.46%
DOW 0.69%4.59%1.44%

FMC has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FMC$4.25B1.25$341.10M$2.6216.19
DOW$42.96B0.49$1.12B$0.4073.88

Summary

FMC beats DOW on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FMC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FMC vs. The Competition

MetricFMCAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.29B$2.90B$16.22B$20.65B
Dividend Yield5.47%3.52%3.11%3.72%
P/E Ratio16.1913.1319.7827.84
Price / Sales1.254.1245.9942.29
Price / Cash8.648.2614.7022.32
Price / Book1.172.916.104.57
Net Income$341.10M$126.43M$680.31M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-4.03%-0.08%2.16%0.20%
1 Month Performance2.36%-2.57%3.64%5.53%
1 Year Performance-26.12%-17.79%4.30%10.30%

FMC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMC
FMC
4.3682 of 5 stars
$42.42
-0.6%
$50.54
+19.1%
-26.1%$5.29B$4.25B16.195,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DOW
DOW
3.3168 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-44.2%$19.46B$42.96B68.8336,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8252 of 5 stars
$78.18
-1.7%
$98.54
+26.0%
-18.6%$9.03B$9.38B9.9514,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.6312 of 5 stars
$21.07
-3.9%
$27.67
+31.3%
-54.5%$2.43B$6.54B41.317,676Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
HUN
Huntsman
4.0085 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$15.00
+40.6%
-49.0%$1.85B$6.04B-11.736,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LXU
Lsb Industries
0.8674 of 5 stars
$8.10
-1.5%
$9.33
+15.2%
+8.2%$582.23M$522.40M-21.89570News Coverage
Positive News
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.6553 of 5 stars
$73.01
-1.0%
$86.77
+18.8%
-6.7%$30.55B$12.52B-384.2624,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6844 of 5 stars
$115.58
-2.3%
$130.67
+13.1%
-10.2%$26.24B$15.85B24.7546,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.1265 of 5 stars
$68.18
-0.5%
$67.67
-0.8%
+9.1%$3.94B$3.45B136.366,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.3481 of 5 stars
$32.78
-1.1%
N/A+52.3%$1.57B$4.28B10.7139,886
AGRO
Adecoagro
1.7016 of 5 stars
$9.29
-0.9%
$10.23
+10.2%
-2.5%$928.91M$1.52B14.9810,320

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