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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Avient pays out 100.9% 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 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Eastman Chemical has increased 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.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 16 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 2 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 0.76 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.5% of Avient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Avient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Avient currently has a consensus price target of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 37.53%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $98.54, indicating a potential upside of 24.39%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.85% compared to Avient's net margin of 3.09%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.59% beat Avient's return on equity.
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.
Avient has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Avient on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EMN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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