OLN vs. EMN, FMC, HUN, LXU, DD, DOW, PPG, BCPC, ASH, and IOSP
Should you be buying Olin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olin include Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), Huntsman (HUN), LSB Industries (LXU), DuPont de Nemours (DD), DOW (DOW), PPG Industries (PPG), Balchem (BCPC), Ashland (ASH), and Innospec (IOSP).
Olin vs.
Olin (NYSE:OLN) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Olin has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical received 223 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Olin had 8 more articles in the media than Eastman Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Olin and 8 mentions for Eastman Chemical. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Olin's score of -0.04 indicating that Eastman Chemical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Olin currently has a consensus target price of $38.38, indicating a potential upside of 66.34%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $114.08, indicating a potential upside of 21.76%. Given Olin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Olin is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
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.
Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OLN) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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