Eastman Chemical screens attractively on price-to-earnings and PEG metrics, but a Piotroski F-Score of 3 out of 9, no competitive moat, and revenue declining 5% year-over-year indicate the cheapness reflects genuine fundamental weakness; with less than 1% upside remaining to the analyst price target, the risk/reward offers almost no margin of safety.
Thesis pillars
- Exhausted Upside Near Target→Stable
- Quality Deficit Below Minimum→Stable
- Revenue Contraction Limits Rerating→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $68.20: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Eastman Chemical Company ("Eastman" or the "Company") is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. Eastman began business in 1920 for the purpose of producing chemicals for Eastman Kodak Company's... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $68.20: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 47 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-26Recent Developments — Eastman Chemical Company
Latest news
- NEWS Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Eastman Chemical, Lowers Price Target to $79 — benzinga Jul 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Materials Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields — benzinga Jul 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Citigroup Maintains Buy on Eastman Chemical, Lowers Price Target to $85 — benzinga Jun 24, 2026 positive
- NEWS Crowdstrike To Rally Around 10%? Here Are 10 Top Analyst Forecasts For Tuesday — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Eastman Chemical, Raises Price Target to $83 — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -4.9% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $68.20: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 47 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $64.44. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $73.02 (+7.1% upside). Prior stop was $64.44. Stop-loss: $64.44.
Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0).
Eastman Chemical Company trades at a P/E of 19.7 (forward 9.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover EMN with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $81.
What does Eastman Chemical Company do?Eastman Chemical Company ("Eastman" or the "Company") is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad...
Eastman Chemical Company ("Eastman" or the "Company") is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. Eastman began business in 1920 for the purpose of producing chemicals for Eastman Kodak Company's photographic business and became a public company, incorporated in Delaware, on December 31, 1993.