Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): Today's Featured Chemicals Laggard

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Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) pushed the Chemicals industry lower today making it today's featured Chemicals laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Eastman Chemical Company fell 60 cents (-1.1%) to $55.08 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Eastman Chemical Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $54.77-$55.77 after having opened the day at $55.72 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $55.68. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that declined today were: Lizhan Environmental (LZEN), down 11.7%, Braskem (BAK), down 7%, Gulf Resources (GURE), down 6.7%, and Verenium Corporation (VRNM), down 5.4%.

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Eastman Chemical Company, a chemical company, engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastics, and fibers in the United States and internationally. Eastman Chemical Company has a market cap of $7.66 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.6, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 12.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 42.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Eastman Chemical Company a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Eastman Chemical Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, Landec Corporation (LNDC), up 6%, Synthesis Energy Sys (SYMX), up 5.8%, Pure Bioscience (PURE), up 5.4%, and Pacific Ethanol (PEIX), up 4.1%, were all gainers within the chemicals industry with Mosaic (MOS) being today's featured chemicals industry leader.

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