Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
Materials · Specialty chemicals and advanced materials
Eastman is a diversified global specialty materials company leveraging molecular recycling, advanced chemistry, and sustainable innovation to serve automotive, consumer products, textiles, and coatings markets worldwide.
What Eastman Chemical Company does
Eastman Chemical Company is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of chemical products and materials used in everyday consumer goods and industrial applications. The company operates through four business segments—Advanced Materials, Additives & Functional Products, Chemical Intermediates, and Fibers—supported by 36 manufacturing facilities across 12 countries. Eastman focuses on innovation-driven growth through world-class technology platforms, differentiated application development, and molecular recycling technologies, particularly in polyester recycling. The company has shifted its portfolio toward higher-margin specialty chemicals and away from commodity businesses through strategic divestitures and acquisitions.
Themes: ["Circular economy / plastics recycling","Specialty chemicals","Advanced materials","Sustainability and waste-to-value","Coatings and functional additives","Fibers and textiles"]
Fundamentals
- Price$67.21 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$7.7B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-16.3% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E19.30 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+4.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+19.8% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+6.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.87 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-7.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-6.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.10 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +5.0%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue decline of -7.72% YoY and negative price return of -16.82% over the past year indicate significant market headwinds and potential demand weakness across key end-markets","Execution risk on molecular recycling commercialization and achieving profitability from the world's largest polyester molecular recycling facility, which is critical to the company's innovation-driven growth strategy","Exposure to cyclical end-markets including automotive, construction, and consumer goods, combined with volatile commodity input costs that can pressure margins"]
Competitors & peers
- Celanese Corporation
- Huntsman International
- Albemarle Corporation
- Styrolution (owned by BASF)
- Covestro AG
- Arkema SA
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.