Huntsman (HUN) Competitors

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer HUN or EMN?

Huntsman presently has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.13%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $114.08, suggesting a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Huntsman's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntsman	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is HUN or EMN more profitable?

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -3.13%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.27% beat Huntsman's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntsman	-3.13%	-0.39%	-0.18%
Eastman Chemical	9.65%	16.27%	6.21%

Is HUN or EMN a better dividend stock?

Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Huntsman pays out -90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical pays out 43.2% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, HUN or EMN?

Huntsman has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HUN or EMN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Huntsman	$6.04B	0.46	$101M	-$1.10	-14.66
Eastman Chemical	$9.38B	1.11	$905M	$7.68	11.77

Does the media refer more to HUN or EMN?

In the previous week, Huntsman had 5 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Huntsman and 12 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Huntsman's score of 0.52 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Huntsman	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eastman Chemical	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HUN or EMN?

Eastman Chemical received 93 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Huntsman	Outperform Votes 626 65.83%	Underperform Votes 325 34.17%
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 719 63.46%	Underperform Votes 414 36.54%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HUN or EMN?

84.8% of Huntsman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Huntsman shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Huntsman on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.