Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

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

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AVNT or EMN 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
Avient	3.09%	10.48%	4.16%
Eastman Chemical	9.85%	16.59%	6.40%

Do analysts recommend AVNT or EMN?

Avient presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 37.04%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $98.54, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

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

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	0.96	$169.50M	$1.07	31.92
Eastman Chemical	$9.38B	0.99	$905M	$7.86	10.27

Is AVNT or EMN a better dividend stock?

Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, AVNT or EMN?

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

Does the media refer more to AVNT or EMN?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 8 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 2 mentions for Avient. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Avient's score of 0.84 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eastman Chemical	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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