Eastman Chemical Stock Hits New 52-Week High (EMN)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $61.52, above its previous 52-week high of $61.48 with 71,035 shares traded as of 9:40 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 1.6 million shares over the past 30 days.

Eastman Chemical has a market cap of $9.3 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. Shares are up 55.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Eastman Chemical Company, a chemical company, engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastics, and fibers in the United States and internationally. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Eastman Chemical as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. You can view the full Eastman Chemical Ratings Report.

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