FMC vs. EMN, HUN, OLN, LXU, DD, DOW, PPG, BCPC, ASH, and IOSP
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), DOW (DOW), PPG Industries (PPG), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Innospec (IOSP).
FMC vs.
FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
FMC presently has a consensus price target of $51.15, indicating a potential upside of 22.42%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $114.08, indicating a potential upside of 26.70%. Given Eastman Chemical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than FMC.
FMC has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FMC and Eastman Chemical both received 719 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.
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.
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.
91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of FMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FMC had 26 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for FMC and 15 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat FMC's score of 0.22 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FMC pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats FMC on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FMC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
