EMN vs. DD, DOW, ALB, AVNT, SUZ, WRK, AU, CF, IP, and MOS
Should you be buying Eastman Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Chemical include DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Albemarle (ALB), Avient (AVNT), Suzano (SUZ), WestRock (WRK), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), CF Industries (CF), International Paper (IP), and Mosaic (MOS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) 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, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of 2.75%. DuPont de Nemours' return on equity of 13.84% beat Eastman Chemical's return on equity.
DuPont de Nemours received 173 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.45% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 3 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 13 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 0.76 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastman Chemical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DuPont de Nemours. Eastman Chemical 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.
DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. DuPont de Nemours pays out 185.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus target price of $82.10, indicating a potential upside of 2.74%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $104.18, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats DuPont de Nemours on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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