EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO vs NUTRIEN LTD., two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Eastman Chemical and Nutrien both earn middling returns and both pay well in their own way. Eastman, in specialty chemicals, posts a 4.62% net margin and 6.56% return on equity, a 6.12% free-cash yield, and a 4.71% dividend, priced at 20.44 times earnings and 1.34 times book. Nutrien, selling fertilizer plus ag retail, earns a higher 8.54% net margin though a lower 9.06%... its return on equity actually edges Eastman's, and it converts a stronger 7.17% free-cash yield with no net debt, trading at just 1.17 times book. Eastman leans more on debt at 0.86 to equity. Two reasonably priced names, one specialty, one agricultural.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | EMN | NTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $67.53 | $65.42 |
| Market cap | $7.8B | $31.8B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 19.5 | 14.0 |
| P/B | 1.28 | 1.25 |
| P/S | 0.90 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1 | 5.1 |
| Revenue growth | -7.7% | +1.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 31.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 13.9% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 8.5% |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 9.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.1% |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | 6.7% |
| Dividend yield | 4.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.86 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.47 | 1.34 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.11 | 1.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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