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) Return on assets

Alert me on Return on assets

Eastman Chemical Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.11%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.15%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.98% (fiscal 2020) to 8.80% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.15% (2.91)
FY2024 6.06% (0.04)
FY2023 6.10% 0.85
FY2022 5.25% (0.17)
FY2021 5.42% 2.44
FY2020 2.98% (1.76)
FY2019 4.74% (2.01)
FY2018 6.75% (2.05)
FY2017 8.80% 3.30
FY2016 5.50% 0.14

Against its own ten years

Low 2.98% High 8.80%
Ten-year median 5.42%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 13.2%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 10.8%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 10.2%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 5.74%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 4.31%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company 4.11%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 3.76%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −2.27%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

The full definition of Return on assets →

More on EMN