Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DD or EMN?

Eastman Chemical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DuPont de Nemours. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours	$12.52B	2.30	$703M	-$0.19	-362.42
Eastman Chemical	$9.36B	1.02	$905M	$7.86	10.47

Is DD or EMN more profitable?

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 5.47%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.27% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%
Eastman Chemical	9.65%	16.27%	6.21%

Is DD or EMN a better dividend stock?

DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. DuPont de Nemours pays out -863.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical pays out 42.2% 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. Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DD or EMN?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, DD or EMN?

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DD or EMN?

In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 15 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 11 mentions for Eastman Chemical. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 1.17 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DuPont de Nemours	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eastman Chemical	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DD or EMN?

DuPont de Nemours received 185 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 912 63.47%	Underperform Votes 525 36.53%
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 727 63.44%	Underperform Votes 419 36.56%

Do analysts prefer DD or EMN?

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $85.15, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $99.15, suggesting a potential upside of 20.46%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats Eastman Chemical on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.