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Eastman Chemical (EMN) Competitors

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$80.69 +2.43 (+3.11%)
As of 02:17 PM Eastern

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 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.

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.

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
Avient3.09% 10.48% 4.16%
Eastman Chemical 9.85%16.59%6.40%

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avient$3.24B0.96$169.50M$1.0731.92
Eastman Chemical$9.38B0.99$905M$7.8610.27

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.

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.

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.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMN vs. The Competition

MetricEastman ChemicalCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.32B$11.82B$3.25B$20.46B
Dividend Yield4.17%3.40%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio10.2722.5495.3927.82
Price / Sales0.994.3527,181,161,885,841,700.0048.92
Price / Cash6.367.5623.9218.22
Price / Book1.591.625.934.58
Net Income$905M$507.43M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.22%3.19%1.65%1.34%
1 Month Performance2.29%6.09%4.46%4.92%
1 Year Performance-15.73%-2.63%25.43%14.14%

Eastman Chemical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9025 of 5 stars
$80.69
+3.1%
$98.54
+22.1%
-17.3%$9.32B$9.38B10.2714,000Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5551 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.7%
$46.80
+41.2%
-21.1%$3.03B$3.24B30.979,200Positive News
CE
Celanese
3.3776 of 5 stars
$58.10
-4.6%
$63.50
+9.3%
-56.0%$6.36B$10.28B-3.8212,163Positive News
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7229 of 5 stars
$73.01
-1.0%
$86.77
+18.8%
-7.6%$30.55B$12.52B-384.2624,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
3.9167 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-47.3%$19.46B$42.96B68.8336,000News Coverage
FUL
H. B. Fuller
3.3241 of 5 stars
$60.77
-2.4%
$67.25
+10.7%
-19.6%$3.28B$3.57B32.857,500
HUN
Huntsman
4.6069 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$15.00
+40.6%
-50.9%$1.85B$6.04B-11.736,300
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.6685 of 5 stars
$60.79
-2.0%
$68.31
+12.4%
-35.0%$19.54B$40.30B18.7620,000Positive News
WLK
Westlake
4.7357 of 5 stars
$78.77
-2.9%
$90.85
+15.3%
-44.5%$10.10B$12.14B26.4315,540
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6613 of 5 stars
$115.58
-2.3%
$130.67
+13.1%
-7.7%$26.24B$15.85B24.7546,000Positive News
FMC
FMC
4.2116 of 5 stars
$43.20
-2.3%
$50.23
+16.3%
-21.6%$5.40B$4.25B16.495,700Trending News
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