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How Eastman Chemical Company stacks up
EMN · against 204 other Basic Materials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
61/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #102 of 205 · scores higher than 50% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including EMN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 61?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.6% vs peer median 6.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 10.9% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 4.0% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = EMN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | EMN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 198 reported | 8.6% | 8.0% | 53% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 192 reported | 10.9% | 11.2% | 49% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 223 reported | 4.0% | 2.7% | 58% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported | 10.3% | 6.5% | 60% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 226 reported | 20.3% | 29.7% | 37% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around EMN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41.2B USD | 98 | 88 | |
| 1 | 17.7B USD | 98 | 88 | |
| 1 | 2.0B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 1 | 30.8B USD | 98 | 83 | |
| 1 | 635M USD | 98 | 79 | |
| 98 | 2.4B USD | 64 | 67 | |
| 98 | 4.0B USD | 64 | 54 | |
| 100 | 1.0B USD | 62 | 42 | |
| 100 | 1.8B USD | 62 | 71 | |
| 102 | 7.5B USD | 61 | 42 | |
| 102 | 5.6B USD | 61 | 48 | |
| 102 | 4.5B USD | 61 | 56 | |
| 105 | 7.9B USD | 59 | 62 | |
| 106 | 8.5B USD | 58 | 50 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score