Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for EMN Earnings

Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Eastman Chemical in a report released on Tuesday, April 8th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $2.27 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.31. The consensus estimate for Eastman Chemical’s current full-year earnings is $8.55 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Eastman Chemical’s Q1 2026 earnings at $2.10 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.51 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.44 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $9.47 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.47 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $10.45 EPS.

Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.27. Eastman Chemical had a return on equity of 16.27% and a net margin of 9.65%.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Citigroup raised Eastman Chemical from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $105.00 to $101.00 in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Mizuho raised Eastman Chemical from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $105.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Barclays dropped their price objective on Eastman Chemical from $111.00 to $108.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded Eastman Chemical from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 18th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on Eastman Chemical from $121.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $107.75.

Eastman Chemical Trading Up 12.4 %

Shares of Eastman Chemical stock opened at $81.71 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $92.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.71. Eastman Chemical has a 12-month low of $70.90 and a 12-month high of $114.50. The company has a market capitalization of $9.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78.

Eastman Chemical Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 7th. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.06%. Eastman Chemical’s dividend payout ratio is presently 43.23%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Eastman Chemical

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its holdings in Eastman Chemical by 14.0% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 837 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $76,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in Eastman Chemical by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,505 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $503,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management boosted its holdings in Eastman Chemical by 62.3% in the fourth quarter. Picton Mahoney Asset Management now owns 323 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Caprock Group LLC boosted its holdings in Eastman Chemical by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 3,196 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $295,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Eastman Chemical by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 9,268 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $846,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. 83.65% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Eastman Chemical

Eastman Chemical Company operates as a specialty materials company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company's Additives & Functional Products segment offers amine derivative-based building blocks, intermediates for surfactants, metam-based soil fumigants, and organic acid-based solutions; specialty coalescent and solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; and heat transfer and aviation fluids.