OLN vs. EMN, FMC, HUN, LXU, DOW, DD, PPG, ASH, BCPC, and CC
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), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), PPG Industries (PPG), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), and Chemours (CC).
Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Olin (NYSE:OLN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Olin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Olin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Eastman Chemical had 2 more articles in the media than Olin. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eastman Chemical and 3 mentions for Olin. Eastman Chemical's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Olin's score of 1.09 indicating that Olin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olin has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eastman Chemical pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Olin pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Eastman Chemical pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olin pays out 28.8% 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. Eastman Chemical has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eastman Chemical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eastman Chemical has a net margin of 10.16% compared to Eastman Chemical's net margin of 5.32%. Eastman Chemical's return on equity of 14.47% beat Olin's return on equity.
Eastman Chemical received 226 more outperform votes than Olin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.48% of users gave Eastman Chemical an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Olin an outperform vote.
Eastman Chemical currently has a consensus price target of $106.24, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Olin has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Eastman Chemical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Olin is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.
Summary
Eastman Chemical beats Olin on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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