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. Its Competitors
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $98.54, suggesting a potential upside of 32.71%. Olin has a consensus price target of $27.80, suggesting a potential upside of 43.95%. Given Olin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical received 230 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
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.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.85% compared to Olin's net margin of 0.94%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.59% beat Olin's return on equity.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Olin shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 2 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 3 mentions for Olin. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Olin's score of 1.04 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Olin on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff