Olin (OLN) Competitors

Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OLN or EMN?

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Olin. Eastman Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olin, 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
Olin	$6.54B	0.31	$108.60M	$0.90	19.85
Eastman Chemical	$9.38B	0.89	$905M	$7.68	9.43

Is OLN or EMN more profitable?

Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 9.65% compared to Olin's net margin of 1.66%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 16.27% beat Olin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olin	1.66%	5.10%	1.43%
Eastman Chemical	9.65%	16.27%	6.21%

Does the media favor OLN or EMN?

In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 22 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 19 mentions for Olin. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Olin's score of 0.38 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olin	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eastman Chemical	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, OLN or EMN?

Olin has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OLN or EMN?

Eastman Chemical received 225 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olin	Outperform Votes 497 58.26%	Underperform Votes 356 41.74%
Eastman Chemical	Outperform Votes 722 63.50%	Underperform Votes 415 36.50%

Do analysts recommend OLN or EMN?

Olin currently has a consensus target price of $35.81, indicating a potential upside of 100.42%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $111.67, indicating a potential upside of 54.20%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Olin is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olin	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19
Eastman Chemical	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OLN or EMN?

88.7% of Olin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OLN or EMN a better dividend stock?

Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Olin pays out 88.9% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Olin on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.