EMN vs. DD, DOW, ALB, AVNT, IP, WRK, SQM, MOS, AU, and CLF
Should you be buying Eastman Chemical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eastman Chemical include DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), Albemarle (ALB), Avient (AVNT), International Paper (IP), WestRock (WRK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Mosaic (MOS), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
DuPont de Nemours received 173 more outperform votes than Eastman Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave DuPont de Nemours an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to DuPont de Nemours' net margin of 2.75%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 13.84% beat DuPont de Nemours' return on equity.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. DuPont de Nemours pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DuPont de Nemours pays out 185.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus price target of $103.12, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. DuPont de Nemours has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.89%. Given Eastman Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.
In the previous week, DuPont de Nemours had 3 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for DuPont de Nemours and 36 mentions for Eastman Chemical. DuPont de Nemours' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Eastman Chemical's score of 0.41 indicating that DuPont de Nemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eastman Chemical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DuPont de Nemours. Eastman Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DuPont de Nemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats DuPont de Nemours on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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