EMN's Quality Score fell 2 points on Fri, Oct 30, to -1. Buying volume slipped off its 20-day high (2 chart checks stopped).
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Down 24% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 76%; up 17% in the past year.
“EBIT decreased due to lower spreads in Chemical Intermediates, lower sales volume/mix in Fibers, lower asset utilization in Advanced Materials”
| Since its 2022 high | Down 48% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 29 |
ReportThu Oct 29: sales of $2.4B; a profit of $2.19 a share. Past reports ›
Fri Oct 30Eastman Chemical (EMN) Misses Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
After its last 4 reports it closed +1.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Poorfor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
EMN is #7 of 8 by Quality Score among Plastic Materials, Synthetic Resins & Nonvulcanizable Elastomers.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: EMN -4.5%, AVNT +2.4%.
Expected to report Thu Jan 28, after the close (in 87 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $2.4B, 8% more than a year ago; a profit of $2.19 a share, from $0.60.
“Sales revenue increased 8 percent due to 7 percent higher selling prices and 1 percent higher sales volume/mix.”
EMN's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | about $850M |
“We expect to deliver a solid full-year performance in both earnings and cash flow, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment and the escalation of the Middle East conflict.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 29)
Sales grew 0.7% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $3.36 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
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| Oct 29, 2026 | -4.0% | -2.1% | open |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -0.3% | -0.2% | +4.9% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +3.0% | +6.1% | +0.8% |
Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $8.8B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
Its dividends come to 72% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $3.36 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $387M a year |
| Free cash flow | $539M |
| Record | Raised each of the last 5 years |
One insider sold $234K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
5 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: EMN is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Eastman Chemical is a global specialty chemicals company that was incorporated in 1920 and spun out from Eastman-Kodak in 1994. It is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, and reports four segments: additives and functional products, or AFP; advanced materials, or AM; chemical intermediates, or CI; and fibers. The company generates most of its sales outside of the US, with a strong presence in Asian and European markets.
EMN scores -1 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #7 of 8 in Plastic Materials, Synthetic Resins & Nonvulcanizable Elastomers by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 24% over five years while the S&P 500 rose 76%; up 17% in the past year. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
EMN scores -1 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #7 of 8 in Plastic Materials, Synthetic Resins & Nonvulcanizable Elastomers by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind EMN's -1.
One insider sold $234K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Adrian James Holt, SVP, Chf HR Ofcr, who sold $234K on Aug 4.
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