EMN vs. DD, DOW, ALB, AVNT, IP, WRK, SQM, MOS, AU, and CLF
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), International Paper (IP), WestRock (WRK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Mosaic (MOS), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $99.31, suggesting a potential upside of 3.97%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus target price of $77.90, suggesting a potential upside of 5.68%. Given DuPont de Nemours' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 19 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 8 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 0.73 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Eastman Chemical pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eastman Chemical has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 received 173 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.59% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 63.18% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.71% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 3.51%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 14.15% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats DuPont de Nemours on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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