PPG Industries (PPG) Competitors

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PPG or DD?

81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of PPG Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PPG or DD a better dividend stock?

PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PPG Industries pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out 98.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PPG Industries has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years. PPG Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PPG or DD?

PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DuPont de Nemours, 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
PPG Industries	$15.85B	1.57	$1.12B	$4.73	23.18
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39B	2.24	$703M	$1.67	39.78

Do analysts rate PPG or DD?

PPG Industries presently has a consensus price target of $129.42, indicating a potential upside of 18.03%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $85.79, indicating a potential upside of 29.12%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than PPG Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPG Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Does the media prefer PPG or DD?

In the previous week, PPG Industries had 1 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for PPG Industries and 32 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.91 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PPG Industries	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DuPont de Nemours	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPG or DD?

PPG Industries received 69 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.57% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PPG Industries	Outperform Votes 979 65.57%	Underperform Votes 514 34.43%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 910 63.46%	Underperform Votes 524 36.54%

Is PPG or DD more profitable?

PPG Industries has a net margin of 6.41% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 5.47%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 23.78% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPG Industries	6.41%	23.78%	8.74%
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%

Which has more volatility & risk, PPG or DD?

PPG Industries has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.