EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO vs ICL GROUP LTD., two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Eastman Chemical makes specialty chemicals and ICL Group mines potash and specialty minerals, and their returns land close: a 6.56% return on equity for Eastman, 4.49% for ICL. Eastman earns the slightly better margin, 4.62% net against ICL's 3.91%, and pays a heftier 4.71% dividend. ICL wins on cash conversion with a 16.3% free-cash yield against Eastman's 6.12%, and trades cheaper at 1.04 times book versus 1.34. Leverage differs sharply: Eastman runs 0.86 debt-to-equity, ICL carries none. Both are middling-return chemical names priced near their asset value, one paying you to wait, the other generating cash.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | EMN | ICL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $67.53 | $4.86 |
| Market cap | $7.8B | $6.3B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -3.5% |
| P/E | 19.5 | 27.0 |
| P/B | 1.28 | 1.00 |
| P/S | 0.90 | 0.88 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1 | 4.6 |
| Revenue growth | -7.7% | +3.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.1% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 3.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 4.5% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 5.9% |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | 16.8% |
| Dividend yield | 4.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.86 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.11 | 1.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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