PPG vs. DD, DOW, EMN, FMC, OLN, HUN, LXU, RPM, AXTA, and SHW
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), RPM International (RPM), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), and Sherwin-Williams (SHW).
PPG Industries vs. Its Competitors
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPG Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 1 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 9 mentions for PPG Industries. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.87 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PPG Industries has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
PPG Industries received 68 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 63.49% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
PPG Industries presently has a consensus price target of $128.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.58%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $85.92, suggesting a potential upside of 23.81%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than PPG Industries.
PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. PPG Industries pays out 58.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out -863.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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.
Summary
PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:PPG) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
