Huntsman (HUN) Competitors

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HUN vs. CC, CE, DOW, EMN, and FUL

Should you buy Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Huntsman with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Huntsman include Chemours (CC), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), and H. B. Fuller (FUL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

How does Huntsman compare to Chemours?

Chemours (NYSE:CC) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Chemours pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Chemours pays out -13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out -18.2% 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. Huntsman has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Chemours has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market.

Chemours presently has a consensus price target of $23.09, suggesting a potential upside of 3.75%. Huntsman has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Given Chemours' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chemours is more favorable than Huntsman.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Huntsman	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Chemours shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Huntsman 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.

Huntsman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chemours. Chemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, 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
Chemours	$5.82B	0.57	-$386M	-$2.64	N/A
Huntsman	$5.68B	0.43	-$284M	-$1.92	N/A

In the previous week, Chemours had 2 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Chemours and 13 mentions for Huntsman. Huntsman's average media sentiment score of -0.08 beat Chemours' score of -0.27 indicating that Huntsman is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemours	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Huntsman	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Huntsman has a net margin of -5.83% compared to Chemours' net margin of -6.82%. Chemours' return on equity of 52.49% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemours	-6.82%	52.49%	1.78%
Huntsman	-5.83%	-4.60%	-1.93%

Summary

Huntsman beats Chemours on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Huntsman compare to Celanese?

Celanese (NYSE:CE) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Celanese pays out -1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out -18.2% 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. Huntsman has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Celanese has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market.

Huntsman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Celanese. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celanese, 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
Celanese	$9.54B	0.61	-$1.17B	-$10.01	N/A
Huntsman	$5.68B	0.43	-$284M	-$1.92	N/A

In the previous week, Huntsman had 7 more articles in the media than Celanese. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Huntsman and 6 mentions for Celanese. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Huntsman's score of -0.08 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Celanese	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Huntsman	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Huntsman has a net margin of -5.83% compared to Celanese's net margin of -11.54%. Celanese's return on equity of 9.92% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Celanese	-11.54%	9.92%	2.12%
Huntsman	-5.83%	-4.60%	-1.93%

98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Celanese currently has a consensus target price of $67.81, suggesting a potential upside of 26.74%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $13.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Given Celanese's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Celanese is more favorable than Huntsman.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Celanese	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Huntsman	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

Summary

Celanese beats Huntsman on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Huntsman compare to DOW?

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and DOW (NYSE:DOW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. DOW pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Huntsman pays out -18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DOW pays out -35.1% 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. Huntsman has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. DOW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of DOW shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Huntsman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DOW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. DOW has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given DOW's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DOW is more favorable than Huntsman.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntsman	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
DOW	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

In the previous week, Huntsman had 12 more articles in the media than DOW. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Huntsman and 1 mentions for DOW. DOW's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Huntsman's score of -0.08 indicating that DOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huntsman	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DOW	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Huntsman has a net margin of -5.83% compared to DOW's net margin of -7.24%. DOW's return on equity of -4.29% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntsman	-5.83%	-4.60%	-1.93%
DOW	-7.24%	-4.29%	-1.29%

Huntsman has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DOW. DOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntsman, 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
Huntsman	$5.68B	0.43	-$284M	-$1.92	N/A
DOW	$39.97B	0.65	-$2.62B	-$3.99	N/A

Huntsman has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, DOW has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

DOW beats Huntsman on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Huntsman compare to Eastman Chemical?

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

Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus target price of $80.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.55%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $13.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Given Eastman Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than Huntsman.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Huntsman	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Eastman Chemical pays out 97.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Huntsman pays out -18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Huntsman has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Huntsman shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 5 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 13 mentions for Huntsman. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Huntsman's score of -0.08 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntsman	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market.

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman 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	$8.64B	0.94	$474M	$3.45	20.49
Huntsman	$5.68B	0.43	-$284M	-$1.92	N/A

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -5.83%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 8.88% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical	4.62%	8.88%	3.52%
Huntsman	-5.83%	-4.60%	-1.93%

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Huntsman on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Huntsman compare to H. B. Fuller?

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H. B. Fuller shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Huntsman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of H. B. Fuller shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. H. B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $65.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given H. B. Fuller's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe H. B. Fuller is more favorable than Huntsman.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntsman	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
H. B. Fuller	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Huntsman has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, H. B. Fuller has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the broader market.

Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. H. B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Huntsman pays out -18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H. B. Fuller pays out 32.3% 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. Huntsman has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and H. B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

H. B. Fuller has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Huntsman. Huntsman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H. B. Fuller, 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
Huntsman	$5.68B	0.43	-$284M	-$1.92	N/A
H. B. Fuller	$3.46B	0.93	$151.97M	$3.03	19.50

In the previous week, Huntsman had 10 more articles in the media than H. B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Huntsman and 3 mentions for H. B. Fuller. H. B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Huntsman's score of -0.08 indicating that H. B. Fuller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huntsman	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
H. B. Fuller	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

H. B. Fuller has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -5.83%. H. B. Fuller's return on equity of 11.84% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntsman	-5.83%	-4.60%	-1.93%
H. B. Fuller	4.62%	11.84%	4.52%

Summary

H. B. Fuller beats Huntsman on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.

HUN vs. The Competition

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Metric	Huntsman	CHEM Industry	Materials Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$2.46B	$13.46B	$4.73B	$22.89B
Dividend Yield	2.53%	2.26%	5.02%	4.12%
P/E Ratio	-7.31	37.86	22.93	30.07
Price / Sales	0.43	1.83	6,702.02	133.39
Price / Cash	14.45	12.30	27.19	24.68
Price / Book	0.85	1.97	6.67	4.68
Net Income	-$284M	$178.05M	$157.11M	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	-2.29%	-2.74%	-4.22%	-0.04%
1 Month Performance	2.85%	1.73%	-2.85%	-1.12%
1 Year Performance	15.14%	36.09%	74.60%	22.78%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
HUN Huntsman	1.5999 of 5 stars	$14.04 +5.4%	$13.17 -6.2%	+7.3%	$2.34B	$5.68B	N/A	6,000	Analyst Forecast Options Volume Analyst Revision High Trading Volume
CC Chemours	3.1899 of 5 stars	$25.28 +9.7%	$22.40 -11.4%	+94.4%	$3.46B	$5.81B	N/A	5,700	Trending News Options Volume Analyst Revision
CE Celanese	4.2618 of 5 stars	$59.68 +4.4%	$67.47 +13.1%	+1.9%	$6.26B	$9.54B	N/A	11,434	Gap Up
DOW DOW	2.8046 of 5 stars	$38.71 +5.0%	$41.22 +6.5%	+25.5%	$26.57B	$39.97B	N/A	34,600	Positive News
EMN Eastman Chemical	4.8806 of 5 stars	$74.69 +1.4%	$80.25 +7.4%	-17.0%	$8.42B	$8.75B	21.65	13,000	Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision

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