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Does Eastman Chemical's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.60×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Eastman Chemical's revenue?

Eastman Chemical reported revenue of $8.8B for FY2025, with net profit of $474.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Eastman Chemical (EMN)?

Eastman Chemical last traded at $73.97 (-0.1% on the day), as of 8/17/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Eastman Chemical

EMN · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerEMN

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees13,000

HeadquartersKingsport, United States

Websitewww.eastman.com

Filings tracked13

About Eastman Chemical

Eastman Chemical Company operates as a specialty materials company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company's Additives & Functional Products segment offers amine derivative-based building blocks, intermediates for surfactants, metam-based soil fumigants, and organic acid-based solutions; specialty coalescent and solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; and heat transfer and aviation fluids. It serves transportation, personal care, wellness, food, feed, agriculture, building and construction, water treatment, energy, consumables, durables, and electronics markets. Its Advanced Materials segment provides copolyesters, cellulosic biopolymers, polyvinyl butyral sheets, polyester films and window and protective films for value-added end uses in the transportation, durables, electronics, building and construction, medical and pharma, and consumables end-markets. The company's Chemical Intermediates segment offers olefin and acetyl derivatives, methylamines and salts, higher amines and solvents, ethylene, and commodity solvents; and primary non-phthalate and phthalate plasticizers, and niche non-phthalate plasticizers for industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness, and food and feed. Its Fibers segment provides cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride for use in filtration media primarily cigarette filters; natural and solution dyed acetate yarns, and staple fiber for use in consumables, and health and wellness markets; and wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty and engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for transportation, industrial, agriculture and mining, and aerospace markets. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Who owns it

Insiders0.9%
Institutions95.4%
Public & other3.7%

828 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.14.81%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.60%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP4.51%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.51%
State Street Corporation3.65%
Morgan Stanley2.91%
Franklin Resources, Inc.2.51%
Massachusetts Financial Services Co.2.33%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 4.3 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion1.60×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend9.7% → 5.4%

Margin has compressed by about 4.3 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity8.0%

Latest ROE of 8.0% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Growth qualityrev -3% · PAT -27%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $2.2B · EPS 1.39

Est. earnings growth +85.8%

Next fiscal year

Rev $9.4B · EPS 6.93

Est. earnings growth +8.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$8.8B

Net margin

5.4%

ROE

8.0%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-2.5%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-27.2%

EPS (FY2025)

4.10

Net profit (FY2025)

$474.0M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$8.8B	$474.0M	4.10	5.4%	8.0%
FY2024	$9.4B	$905.0M	7.67	9.6%	15.7%
FY2023	$9.2B	$894.0M	7.49	9.7%	16.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$2.5B	$183.0M	1.59	7.3%
2026Q1	$2.2B	$107.0M	0.93	4.9%
2025Q3	$2.2B	$47.0M	0.40	2.1%
2025Q2	$2.3B	$140.0M	1.20	6.1%
2025Q1	$2.3B	$182.0M	1.57	7.9%
2024Q3	$2.5B	$180.0M	1.53	7.3%
2024Q2	$2.4B	$230.0M	1.94	9.7%
2024Q1	$2.3B	$165.0M	1.39	7.1%
2023Q3	$2.3B	$178.0M	1.49	7.9%
2023Q2	$2.3B	$272.0M	2.27	11.7%
2023Q1	$2.4B	$134.0M	1.12	5.6%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/12/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/1/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/30/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Other events, Exhibits
SEC2/20/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/13/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC1/29/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC11/4/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/3/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC10/9/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/1/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material

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