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EMN vs. AVNT, CE, DD, DOW, FUL, HUN, LYB, WLK, PPG, and FMC

Should 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 (NYSE:AVNT) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

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 Ratio
Avient$3.24B1.05$169.50M$1.2829.07
Eastman Chemical$9.29B0.84$905M$7.129.56

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
Avient3.65% 10.57% 4.17%
Eastman Chemical 8.96%15.24%5.91%

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.

95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 8 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 6 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 1.42 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avient
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Eastman Chemical
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avient has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Avient presently has a consensus price target of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 22.56%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $87.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.79%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than Avient.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Eastman Chemical
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMN vs. The Competition

MetricEastman ChemicalCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.81B$11.83B$3.44B$21.27B
Dividend Yield4.85%3.31%5.13%3.52%
P/E Ratio9.5527.19110.8429.31
Price / Sales0.846.9133,708,491,670,770,200.0053.31
Price / Cash5.467.5724.1723.64
Price / Book1.322.376.185.38
Net Income$905M$508.39M$150.51M$996.59M
7 Day Performance3.12%2.70%3.43%2.96%
1 Month Performance-11.25%0.77%5.87%2.79%
1 Year Performance-31.96%1.31%38.71%12.68%

Eastman Chemical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9436 of 5 stars
$68.08
-1.1%
$87.00
+27.8%
-31.5%$7.81B$9.29B9.5514,000Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.2752 of 5 stars
$37.70
+0.5%
$45.60
+21.0%
-22.5%$3.45B$3.24B29.459,200Positive News
CE
Celanese
4.3397 of 5 stars
$47.38
-2.6%
$59.94
+26.5%
-63.9%$5.19B$10.28B-3.2012,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.506 of 5 stars
$77.02
-0.4%
$88.25
+14.6%
-5.5%$32.25B$12.39B-163.8724,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
4.1557 of 5 stars
$24.98
-0.5%
$30.74
+23.0%
-54.0%$17.71B$42.96B-17.8436,000
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.1423 of 5 stars
$61.06
-1.8%
$67.25
+10.1%
-25.7%$3.29B$3.57B33.017,500Positive News
HUN
Huntsman
4.1851 of 5 stars
$10.96
-0.1%
$12.06
+10.0%
-49.6%$1.90B$6.04B-5.626,300Positive News
Options Volume
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.8188 of 5 stars
$57.08
-2.9%
$63.08
+10.5%
-42.3%$18.36B$40.30B74.1320,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
WLK
Westlake
3.4574 of 5 stars
$87.41
-3.5%
$92.29
+5.6%
-40.7%$11.21B$12.14B-164.9215,540Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPG
PPG Industries
4.8908 of 5 stars
$112.18
-1.8%
$129.82
+15.7%
-11.7%$25.32B$15.85B25.4446,000Positive News
FMC
FMC
4.5641 of 5 stars
$40.17
-1.3%
$49.58
+23.4%
-39.0%$5.02B$4.25B50.215,700Trending News

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