Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors $61.38 +1.23 (+2.04%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$61.14 -0.25 (-0.41%) As of 10/17/2025 07:58 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock EMN vs. AVNT, CE, DD, DOW, FUL, HUN, LYB, WLK, PPG, and FMCShould you be buying Eastman Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Chemical include Avient (AVNT), Celanese (CE), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Huntsman (HUN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), PPG Industries (PPG), and FMC (FMC). Eastman Chemical vs. Its Competitors Avient Celanese DuPont de Nemours DOW H. B. Fuller Huntsman LyondellBasell Industries Westlake PPG Industries FMC Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk. Do analysts recommend EMN or AVNT? Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $82.62, suggesting a potential upside of 34.59%. Avient has a consensus price target of $43.60, suggesting a potential upside of 39.13%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Eastman Chemical 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Avient 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.63 Is EMN or AVNT more profitable? Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.65%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 15.24% beat Avient's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Eastman Chemical8.96% 15.24% 5.91% Avient 3.65%10.57%4.17% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EMN or AVNT? 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned 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. Is EMN or AVNT a better dividend stock? Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Eastman Chemical pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 84.4% 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 has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has higher valuation and earnings, EMN or AVNT? Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Avient. Eastman Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEastman Chemical$9.38B0.75$905M$7.128.62Avient$3.24B0.89$169.50M$1.2824.48 Does the media refer more to EMN or AVNT? In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 10 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 4 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Avient's score of -0.11 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Eastman Chemical 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Avient 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility and risk, EMN or AVNT? Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryEastman Chemical beats Avient on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Eastman Chemical News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EMN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart EMN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEastman ChemicalCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.05B$11.44B$3.76B$21.77BDividend Yield5.42%3.44%5.07%3.63%P/E Ratio8.6225.6234.8632.43Price / Sales0.756.5623,428.7381.20Price / Cash4.907.2524.3418.06Price / Book1.211.617.164.59Net Income$905M$508.75M$148.76M$1.01B7 Day Performance2.16%-2.91%40.71%-0.38%1 Month Performance-5.75%-7.86%52.41%-0.93%1 Year Performance-43.60%-9.94%74.62%9.46% Eastman Chemical Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EMNEastman Chemical4.7673 of 5 stars$61.39+2.0%$82.62+34.6%-43.6%$7.05B$9.38B8.6214,000Options VolumeAVNTAvient4.4719 of 5 stars$31.02+2.1%$46.00+48.3%-37.8%$2.78B$3.25B24.239,200Analyst RevisionCECelanese4.1171 of 5 stars$40.17+2.2%$56.33+40.2%-70.4%$4.40B$10.28B-2.7112,163Dividend AnnouncementDDDuPont de Nemours4.3758 of 5 stars$75.87+2.9%$88.33+16.4%-6.5%$31.77B$12.61B-161.4324,000Analyst ForecastDOWDOW3.9349 of 5 stars$21.41+3.7%$29.79+39.2%-58.7%$15.17B$42.96B-15.2936,000Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastFULH. B. Fuller4.7073 of 5 stars$58.01+1.6%$65.75+13.3%-25.8%$3.14B$3.50B31.367,500HUNHuntsman4.281 of 5 stars$8.17+0.6%$11.70+43.3%-65.4%$1.42B$6.04B-4.196,300Analyst ForecastLYBLyondellBasell Industries4.7459 of 5 stars$46.24+3.0%$60.07+29.9%-49.5%$14.87B$38.66B60.0620,000Analyst ForecastWLKWestlake4.3883 of 5 stars$77.67+2.7%$91.79+18.2%-46.1%$9.96B$12.14B-146.5515,540PPGPPG Industries4.7916 of 5 stars$98.83+0.4%$126.82+28.3%-22.4%$22.31B$15.64B22.4146,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionFMCFMC4.3422 of 5 stars$29.50+1.4%$45.83+55.4%-53.1%$3.69B$4.13B36.885,700Analyst ForecastAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Avient Alternatives Celanese Alternatives DuPont de Nemours Alternatives DOW Alternatives H. B. 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