FMC vs. EMN, OLN, HUN, LXU, DD, DOW, PPG, BCPC, ASH, and CC
Should you be buying FMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FMC include Eastman Chemical (EMN), Olin (OLN), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), PPG Industries (PPG), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Chemours (CC).
FMC vs.
FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Eastman Chemical received 2 more outperform votes than FMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.38% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 63.53% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.
FMC currently has a consensus target price of $63.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $112.92, indicating a potential upside of 22.48%. Given Eastman Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than FMC.
FMC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eastman Chemical. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FMC has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FMC had 6 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for FMC and 9 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat FMC's score of 0.54 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FMC has a net margin of 34.93% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of 9.47%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 15.37% beat FMC's return on equity.
91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of FMC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. FMC pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical pays out 44.4% 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. Eastman Chemical has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. FMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats FMC on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FMC) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
