Eastman Chemical Company

EMN Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Eastman Chemical Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.8 billion, down 6.71% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.31%
EPS
+266.4%
Free cash flow
−26.4%
Total debt
−6.92%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

65.62 1.99 −2.94%
Market cap
$7.5B
P/E
12.0×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
5.12%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.29
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
41/100

Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) Gross margin

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Eastman Chemical Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.6%, down 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.2% (fiscal 2022) to 26.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.1% (3.34)
FY2024 24.4% 2.03
FY2023 22.4% 2.18
FY2022 20.2% (3.66)
FY2021 23.9% 0.55
FY2020 23.3% (0.78)
FY2019 24.1% (0.33)
FY2018 24.4% (0.33)
FY2017 24.8% (1.42)
FY2016 26.2% (0.57)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 22.3% 0.03
Jun 2026 22.3% 2.48
Mar 2026 19.8% 2.67
Dec 2025 17.1% (2.53)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.2% High 26.7%
Ten-year median 24.1%
Current reading's percentile 9

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 37.5%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 36.6%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 36.5%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 33.6%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 31.7%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company 20.6%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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