Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMN or DD?

DuPont de Nemours received 185 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 728 63.47%	Underperform Votes 419 36.53%
DuPont de Nemours	Outperform Votes 913 63.49%	Underperform Votes 525 36.51%

Is EMN or DD 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
Eastman Chemical	9.65%	16.27%	6.21%
DuPont de Nemours	5.47%	7.12%	4.62%

Which has more risk & volatility, EMN or DD?

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EMN or DD?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 3 more articles in the media than DuPont de Nemours. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 9 mentions for DuPont de Nemours. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat DuPont de Nemours' score of 1.27 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DuPont de Nemours	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EMN or DD?

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EMN or DD?

Eastman Chemical has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Eastman Chemical	$9.36B	1.01	$905M	$7.86	10.38
DuPont de Nemours	$12.52B	2.33	$703M	-$0.19	-366.91

Do analysts recommend EMN or DD?

Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $98.54, indicating a potential upside of 20.78%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $85.92, indicating a potential upside of 23.25%. Given DuPont de Nemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DuPont de Nemours is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

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

Is EMN or DD a better dividend stock?

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Eastman Chemical pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out -863.2% 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 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.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats DuPont de Nemours on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.