Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

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

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 4.3%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Eastman Chemical pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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 more volatility and risk, EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastman Chemical	$9.38B	0.96	$905M	$7.86	9.89
Avient	$3.24B	0.92	$169.50M	$1.07	30.37

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

Is EMN or AVNT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical	9.85%	16.59%	6.40%
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%

Does the media refer more to EMN or AVNT?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 9 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 8 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 0.97 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eastman Chemical	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avient	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend EMN or AVNT?

Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus target price of $97.08, indicating a potential upside of 24.87%. Avient has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 44.00%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Avient	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Summary

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