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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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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 57.57% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Eastman ChemicalOutperform Votes
728
63.47%
Underperform Votes
419
36.53%
OlinOutperform Votes
498
57.57%
Underperform Votes
367
42.43%

Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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 raised 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.

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 14 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 9 mentions for Olin. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Olin's score of 0.73 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Olin
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $98.54, indicating a potential upside of 21.89%. Olin has a consensus price target of $27.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.99%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 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%

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 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$9.36B1.00$905M$7.8610.29
Olin$6.55B0.35$108.60M$0.5139.22

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$2.30B$4.87B$3.12B$19.40B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.15%5.06%3.91%
P/E Ratio22.2020.8665.6334.69
Price / Sales0.3572.6225,633,028,482,459,400.0041.89
Price / Cash5.139.7924.2417.51
Price / Book1.135.095.264.72
Net Income$108.60M$190.83M$154.86M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.41%0.78%1.51%1.00%
1 Month Performance-9.27%8.02%4.45%4.41%
1 Year Performance-61.72%-6.42%18.44%6.66%

Olin Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OLN
Olin
4.7424 of 5 stars
$20.14
+1.3%
$27.80
+38.0%
-63.0%$2.32B$6.55B22.387,780Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.7612 of 5 stars
$82.09
-0.6%
$99.15
+20.8%
-19.7%$9.48B$9.36B10.6914,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FMC
FMC
4.7386 of 5 stars
$40.00
0.0%
$49.46
+23.7%
-37.3%$5.00B$4.12B14.716,600Trending News
HUN
Huntsman
4.5025 of 5 stars
$12.41
-2.0%
$15.00
+20.9%
-55.5%$2.16B$5.98B-11.287,000Analyst Revision
LXU
LSB Industries
2.159 of 5 stars
$7.16
-0.4%
$9.75
+36.2%
-22.8%$514.65M$527.63M-34.09570Positive News
Gap Down
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.5071 of 5 stars
$68.90
-0.6%
$85.15
+23.6%
-17.1%$28.83B$12.52B41.2623,000Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.5709 of 5 stars
$114.16
+0.1%
$128.42
+12.5%
-14.7%$25.91B$15.68B24.1452,000Positive News
DOW
DOW
4.4147 of 5 stars
$30.12
-0.2%
$38.86
+29.0%
-51.1%$21.29B$42.63B19.1837,800
BCPC
Balchem
4.0266 of 5 stars
$169.39
+0.7%
$180.00
+6.3%
+9.3%$5.52B$964.54M43.101,340Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
3.3268 of 5 stars
$125.82
+2.6%
$142.50
+13.3%
+52.8%$2.62B$974.43M32.10810
ASH
Ashland
4.398 of 5 stars
$52.35
-0.8%
$68.60
+31.0%
-50.3%$2.39B$1.95B-79.323,900

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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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