Eastman Chemical Company (EMN): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner
(
) pushed the Chemicals industry higher today making it today's featured chemicals winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Eastman Chemical Company rose 62 cents (1.3%) to $47.62 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, three million shares of Eastman Chemical Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $47.25-$48.11 after having opened the day at $47.85 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:
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), up 9.1%,
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), up 7.8%,
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), up 7.1%, and
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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 $6.34 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.6, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 10.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 17.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Eastman Chemical Company a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Eastman Chemical Company as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Eastman Chemical Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 4.7%,
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), down 3.1%,
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), down 3%, and
(
), down 2.4%, were all losers within the chemicals industry with
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
(
) being today's chemicals industry loser.
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) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider
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