Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) is a Materials stock trading at $74.15 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $8.48B and a trailing P/E of 19.2. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.
Eastman Chemical Company operates as a specialty materials company in the United States and internationally. The company's Additives & Functional Products segment offers hydrocarbon and rosin resins; organic acid-based solutions; amine derivative-based building blocks; metam-based soil fumigants, thiram and ziram based fungicides, and plant growth regulators; specialty coalescent, specialty and commodity solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; heat transfer and aviation fluids; insoluble sulfur and anti-degradant rubber additives; and performance resins. It serves transportation, personal care, wellness, food, feed, agriculture, building and construction, water treatment, energy, consumables, durables, and electronics markets. Its Advanced Materials segment provides copolyesters, cellulosic biopolymers, cellulose esters, polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheets, and window and protective films, and aftermarket applied film products for value-added end uses in the transportation, durables, electronics, building and construction, medical and pharma, and consumables markets. The company's Chemical Intermediates segment offers methylamines and salts higher amines and solvents; Olefin and acetyl derivatives, ethylene, and commodity solvents; and primary non-phthalate and phthalate plasticizers, and niche non- phthalate plasticizers to the industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness, and agrochemicals. Its Fibers segment provides cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride for use in filtration media primarily cigarette filters; natural and solution dyed acetate yarns for use in consumables, and health and wellness markets; and wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty and engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for transportation, industrial, agriculture and mining, and aerospace markets. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Eastman Chemical Company makes specialty materials and chemicals, including resins, solvents, performance polymers, fungicides and plant growth regulators, and it earns money by selling these products to customers in transportation and other end markets.
Eastman appears to be an operating-rate and yield driven profit model, with multiple tracked production efficiency metrics such as Methanolysis Consolidated Operating Rate (Sustained) and Kingsport DMT Yield (Operational KPI) that can influence how much sellable output it produces and thus how sales volume and mix translate into results.
| Advanced Materials | $0.7B |
| Additives & Functional Products | $0.7B |
| Chemical Intermediates | $0.5B |
| Fibers | $0.3B |
Business quality (Weak): The company has a clean, product-style segment breakdown and a defined set of operating KPIs, but some KPIs are plant yield and test-oriented, so it can be less straightforward for retail investors to connect them to near-term earnings.
Valuation: At 21× earnings, EMN trades 45% below the Chemicals average (38×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.
| Price | $74.15 |
| Market Cap | $8.48B |
| P/E Ratio | 19.2 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3 |
| Price / Book | 1.37 |
| Price / Sales | 0.96 |
| FCF Yield | 6.4% |
| DCF Value (model) | $37.34 |
| DCF Upside vs Price | -49.6% |
| Revenue (TTM) | $8.75B |
| Net Margin | 5.4% |
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | 9.9% |
| EPS Growth (YoY) | 31.1% |
| FCF Growth (YoY) | 49.4% |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.88 (grey) |
| Piotroski F-Score | 4/9 (moderate) |
| Stock P/E | 19.2 |
| Sector P/E (Materials) | 25.9 |
| Industry P/E (Chemicals) | 31.1 |
| vs Sector | -25.9% |
| vs Industry | -38.4% |
| Top Institutional Holder | BlackRock, Inc. ($1.26B) |
| Institutional Holders Tracked | 10 |
| Congressional Trades (recent) | 7 |
| Sector | Materials |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| CEO | Mark J. Costa |
| Employees | 14,000 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1993-12-14 |
Data as of 2026-08-21.
Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.