HUN vs. EMN, FMC, OLN, LXU, DD, DOW, PPG, BCPC, ASH, and CC
Should you be buying Huntsman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntsman include Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), PPG Industries (PPG), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Chemours (CC).
Huntsman vs.
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Eastman Chemical received 92 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.89% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 63.53% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Huntsman shares are held by company 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 has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntsman has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -1.99%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 15.37% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 3 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Huntsman and 17 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Huntsman's score of 0.06 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Eastman Chemical pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntsman pays out -144.9% 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. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus target price of $112.92, indicating a potential upside of 21.13%. Huntsman has a consensus target price of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Huntsman's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
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.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Huntsman on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HUN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
