Analyzing Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI)

ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares ASP Isotopes and Eastman Chemical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASP Isotopes	-644.40%	-112.46%	-53.36%
Eastman Chemical	4.62%	8.88%	3.52%

Volatility and Risk

ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.51, indicating that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for ASP Isotopes and Eastman Chemical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASP Isotopes	1	0	2	0	2.33
Eastman Chemical	0	7	7	0	2.50

ASP Isotopes currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 135.08%. Eastman Chemical has a consensus target price of $79.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.64%. Given ASP Isotopes’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than Eastman Chemical.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ASP Isotopes and Eastman Chemical”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASP Isotopes	$23.85 million	29.19	-$175.09 million	($2.08)	-2.66
Eastman Chemical	$8.75 billion	0.90	$474.00 million	$3.45	19.97

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eastman Chemical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats ASP Isotopes on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ASP Isotopes

ASP Isotopes Inc., a development stage advanced materials company, focuses on the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of isotopes. It engages in the production and commercialization of Molybdenum-100, a non-radioactive isotope for the medical industry; Carbon-14; and Silicon-28. The company is also developing Quantum Enrichment technology to produce Ytterbium-176, Nickel-64, Lithium 6, Lithium7, and Uranium-235. ASP Isotopes Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

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, cellulose esters, polyvinyl butyral sheets, and window and protective films for value-added end uses in the transportation, durables, electronics, building and construction, medical and pharma, and consumables markets. The company's Chemical Intermediates segment offers olefin and acetyl derivatives, 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. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.