HUN vs. EMN, FMC, OLN, LXU, DOW, DD, PPG, ASH, BCPC, 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), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), and Chemours (CC).
Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Huntsman had 9 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Huntsman and 7 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Huntsman's score of 0.54 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Huntsman has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Huntsman pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Huntsman pays out -192.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% 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. Huntsman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Huntsman presently has a consensus target price of $26.73, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $106.24, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. Given Huntsman's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huntsman is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Eastman Chemical received 89 more outperform votes than Huntsman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.49% of users gave Huntsman an outperform vote while only 64.48% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Huntsman's net margin of -1.49%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 13.84% beat Huntsman's return on equity.
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 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HUN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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