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 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
708% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $109M | Put options by funds: $13.5M
0.46% less ownership
Funds ownership: 90.35% [Q1] → 89.89% (-0.46%) [Q2]
4% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 261 | Existing positions reduced: 271
7% less funds holding
Funds holding: 795 [Q1] → 740 (-55) [Q2]
16% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.19B [Q1] → $7.76B (-$1.43B) [Q2]
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 3 (-1) [Q2]
29% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 100 | Existing positions closed: 140
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo
Michael Sison
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$80
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Overweight
Maintained
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16 Sep 2025 |
Goldman Sachs
Duffy Fischer
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$65
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Neutral
Maintained
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7 Aug 2025 |
RBC Capital
Arun Viswanathan
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$74
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Outperform
Maintained
|
5 Aug 2025 |
Citigroup
Patrick Cunningham
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$68
|
Buy
Maintained
|
4 Aug 2025 |
Keybanc
Aleksey Yefremov
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$79
|
Overweight
Maintained
|
4 Aug 2025 |
Mizuho
John Roberts
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$80
|
Outperform
Maintained
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1 Aug 2025 |
Keybanc
Scott Schoenhaus
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$93
|
Overweight
Maintained
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14 Jul 2025 |
UBS
Joshua Spector
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$101
|
Buy
Maintained
|
9 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about EMN published over the past 30 days