Eastman Chemical
About: Established in 1920 to produce chemicals for Eastman Kodak, Eastman Chemical has grown into a global specialty chemical company with manufacturing sites around the world. The company generates the majority of its sales outside of the United States, with a strong presence in Asian markets. During the past several years, Eastman has sold noncore businesses, choosing to focus on higher-margin specialty product offerings.
Employees: 14,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
135% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $21.6M | Put options by funds: $9.19M
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 4 (+1) [Q4]
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 283 | Existing positions reduced: 254
4.2% more ownership
Funds ownership: 85.23% [Q3] → 89.43% (+4.2%) [Q4]
8% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 110 | Existing positions closed: 102
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 770 [Q3] → 765 (-5) [Q4]
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $11.1B [Q3] → $9.61B (-$1.54B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
11 analyst ratings
Barclays Michael Leithead 29% 1-year accuracy 6 / 21 met price target | 10%upside $85 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 29 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Duffy Fischer 43% 1-year accuracy 9 / 21 met price target | 13%upside $87 | Neutral Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Keybanc Aleksey Yefremov 29% 1-year accuracy 32 / 111 met price target | 38%upside $106 | Overweight Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Vincent Andrews 40% 1-year accuracy 4 / 10 met price target | 49%upside $115 | Overweight Maintained | 28 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekaukas 50% 1-year accuracy 1 / 2 met price target | 1%downside $76 | Neutral Downgraded | 28 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about EMN published over the past 30 days









