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OLN vs. EMN, FMC, HUN, LXU, DD, PPG, DOW, BCPC, HWKN, and ASH

Should you be buying Olin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olin include Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), DOW (DOW), Balchem (BCPC), Hawkins (HWKN), and Ashland (ASH).

Olin vs.

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

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Olin. Eastman Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Eastman Chemical$9.36B1.02$905M$7.8610.48
Olin$6.55B0.36$108.60M$0.5140.00

Eastman Chemical received 229 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eastman ChemicalOutperform Votes
727
63.44%
Underperform Votes
419
36.56%
OlinOutperform Votes
498
57.64%
Underperform Votes
366
42.36%

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 14 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 8 mentions for Olin. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Olin's score of 0.85 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Olin
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus target price of $99.15, indicating a potential upside of 20.32%. Olin has a consensus target price of $28.07, indicating a potential upside of 37.58%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olin 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
Olin
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Eastman Chemical pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olin pays out 156.9% 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. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Olin's net margin of 1.66%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.27% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical9.65% 16.27% 6.21%
Olin 1.66%5.10%1.43%

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Olin on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OLN vs. The Competition

MetricOlinChemicals & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.35B$4.89B$3.13B$19.49B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.16%5.08%3.91%
P/E Ratio22.6721.2072.2734.99
Price / Sales0.3673.2725,591,212,775,275,000.0035.83
Price / Cash5.139.7924.2417.51
Price / Book1.165.115.224.77
Net Income$108.60M$190.83M$154.72M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.06%3.72%1.57%1.86%
1 Month Performance-6.59%9.42%4.67%5.74%
1 Year Performance-62.05%-7.48%17.60%6.63%

Olin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OLN
Olin
4.8825 of 5 stars
$19.90
-2.5%
$27.80
+39.7%
-62.5%$2.30B$6.55B22.167,780Analyst Forecast
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.862 of 5 stars
$82.09
-0.6%
$99.15
+20.8%
-17.8%$9.48B$9.36B10.6914,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FMC
FMC
4.6308 of 5 stars
$40.00
0.0%
$49.46
+23.7%
-36.7%$5.00B$4.12B14.716,600Trending News
HUN
Huntsman
4.747 of 5 stars
$12.41
-2.0%
$15.00
+20.9%
-53.2%$2.16B$5.98B-11.287,000
LXU
LSB Industries
2.8808 of 5 stars
$7.16
-0.4%
$9.75
+36.2%
-21.9%$514.65M$527.63M-34.09570Positive News
Gap Down
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.907 of 5 stars
$68.90
-0.6%
$85.15
+23.6%
-14.6%$28.83B$12.52B41.2623,000Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7582 of 5 stars
$114.16
+0.1%
$128.42
+12.5%
-14.6%$25.91B$15.68B24.1452,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
4.4717 of 5 stars
$30.12
-0.2%
$38.86
+29.0%
-49.9%$21.29B$42.63B19.1837,800News Coverage
BCPC
Balchem
3.6232 of 5 stars
$169.39
+0.7%
$180.00
+6.3%
+10.5%$5.52B$964.54M43.101,340Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
2.7906 of 5 stars
$125.82
+2.6%
$142.50
+13.3%
+49.3%$2.62B$974.43M32.10810
ASH
Ashland
4.3769 of 5 stars
$52.35
-0.8%
$68.60
+31.0%
-49.1%$2.39B$1.95B-79.323,900

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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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