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

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

FMC vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FMC$4.25B1.11$341.10M$2.7213.88
Eastman Chemical$9.38B0.97$905M$7.6810.34

FMC currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.10%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $107.08, indicating a potential upside of 34.87%. Given FMC's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FMC
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07
Eastman Chemical
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to FMC's net margin of 8.03%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.27% beat FMC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FMC8.03% 9.67% 3.64%
Eastman Chemical 9.65%16.27%6.21%

FMC has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Eastman Chemical received 5 more outperform votes than FMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.89% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FMCOutperform Votes
720
63.89%
Underperform Votes
407
36.11%
Eastman ChemicalOutperform Votes
725
63.60%
Underperform Votes
415
36.40%

FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FMC pays out 85.3% 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 pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

In the previous week, FMC and FMC both had 53 articles in the media. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat FMC's score of 0.23 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FMC
14 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Eastman Chemical
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats FMC on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FMC vs. The Competition

MetricFMCChemicals & allied products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.72B$4.71B$17.17B$18.51B
Dividend Yield6.40%3.73%3.03%4.25%
P/E Ratio13.8819.3015.4031.06
Price / Sales1.1147.323.7326.47
Price / Cash7.109.7916.3917.54
Price / Book1.054.496.334.29
Net Income$341.10M$190.83M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance11.32%10.78%4.26%6.63%
1 Month Performance-9.64%-8.37%-1.35%-6.86%
1 Year Performance-33.49%-14.51%-1.95%1.19%

FMC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FMC
FMC
4.4937 of 5 stars
$37.49
-0.2%
$50.31
+34.2%
-33.5%$4.68B$4.25B13.776,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.881 of 5 stars
$73.12
-3.2%
$112.33
+53.6%
-19.0%$8.43B$9.38B9.5314,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HUN
Huntsman
4.3846 of 5 stars
$13.00
-3.2%
$19.63
+51.0%
-43.0%$2.26B$6.04B-11.807,000Analyst Downgrade
OLN
Olin
4.8135 of 5 stars
$19.00
-5.5%
$36.25
+90.8%
-61.7%$2.19B$6.54B21.147,780Positive News
LXU
LSB Industries
3.4144 of 5 stars
$5.26
-3.8%
$10.50
+99.8%
-34.6%$378.72M$522.40M-25.10570News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.7525 of 5 stars
$57.43
-2.9%
$99.17
+72.7%
-17.5%$24.09B$12.39B34.5123,000Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
PPG
PPG Industries
4.8903 of 5 stars
$96.90
-2.3%
$137.77
+42.2%
-24.5%$21.98B$15.85B20.4852,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
DOW
DOW
4.5767 of 5 stars
$27.30
-3.2%
$41.85
+53.3%
-49.9%$19.31B$42.96B17.4337,800Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BCPC
Balchem
4.0955 of 5 stars
$153.13
-1.7%
$190.00
+24.1%
+11.0%$5.00B$953.68M39.121,340Positive News
ASH
Ashland
4.7267 of 5 stars
$48.47
-1.4%
$85.40
+76.2%
-46.8%$2.29B$2.05B-73.623,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
HWKN
Hawkins
3.999 of 5 stars
$105.25
-1.7%
$123.50
+17.3%
+60.4%$2.20B$952.13M26.79810Analyst Upgrade
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This page (NYSE:FMC) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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