HUN vs. EMN, FMC, OLN, LXU, DOW, DD, PPG, BCPC, ASH, and CC
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), LSB Industries (LXU), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Chemours (CC).
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $106.24, indicating a potential upside of 2.84%. Huntsman has a consensus price target of $27.18, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out -192.3% 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. Huntsman has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 1 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 7 mentions for Huntsman. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Huntsman's score of 1.11 indicating that Huntsman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastman Chemical received 88 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.52% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 64.48% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of -1.49%. Huntsman's return on equity of 13.84% beat Eastman Chemical's return on equity.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Huntsman on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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