Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AVNT or EMN?

Avient currently has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 37.73%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.19%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher probable 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

Is AVNT or EMN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVNT or EMN?

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

Is AVNT or EMN 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
Avient	3.65%	10.57%	4.17%
Eastman Chemical	8.96%	15.24%	5.91%

Does the media prefer AVNT or EMN?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 18 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 29 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Avient's score of 0.26 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avient	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eastman Chemical	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, AVNT or EMN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avient	$3.24B	0.94	$169.50M	$1.28	25.87
Eastman Chemical	$9.38B	0.75	$905M	$7.12	8.59

Which has more volatility and risk, AVNT or EMN?

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

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.