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 businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$6.11B	0.55	$101M	-$0.69	-28.13
Eastman Chemical	$9.21B	1.28	$894M	$7.47	13.57

Do analysts recommend HUN or EMN?

Huntsman presently has a consensus target price of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.66%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Huntsman's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is HUN or EMN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntsman	-1.99%	-0.03%	-0.01%
Eastman Chemical	9.47%	15.37%	5.84%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HUN or EMN?

84.8% of Huntsman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Huntsman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to HUN or EMN?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 12 more articles in the media than Huntsman. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 6 mentions for Huntsman. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Huntsman's score of 0.57 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eastman Chemical	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HUN or EMN?

Eastman Chemical received 87 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.24% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Huntsman	Outperform Votes 624 66.24%	Underperform Votes 318 33.76%
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 711 63.77%	Underperform Votes 404 36.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, HUN or EMN?

Huntsman has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HUN or EMN a better dividend stock?

Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Huntsman pays out -144.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical pays out 43.4% 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 14 consecutive years. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Huntsman on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.