PPG vs. DD, AEM, GOLD, LYB, NTR, WPM, TECK, FNV, STLD, and DOW
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include DuPont de Nemours (DD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Nutrien (NTR), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Teck Resources (TECK), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Steel Dynamics (STLD), and DOW (DOW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. PPG Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 163.4% 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 pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and PPG Industries has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years.
DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $77.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. PPG Industries has a consensus price target of $155.47, indicating a potential upside of 20.08%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
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.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to PPG Industries' net margin of 3.51%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 22.98% beat PPG Industries' return on equity.
PPG Industries received 81 more outperform votes than DuPont de Nemours when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 70 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for PPG Industries and 9 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.22 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PPG Industries beats DuPont de Nemours on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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