Senestech (NASDAQ:SNES) versus Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) Head to Head Analysis

Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) and Senestech (NASDAQ:SNES) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Eastman Chemical has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senestech has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eastman Chemical	4.99%	9.46%	3.78%
Senestech	-294.73%	-71.89%	-51.98%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Eastman Chemical and Senestech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eastman Chemical	0	8	6	0	2.43
Senestech	1	0	0	0	1.00

Eastman Chemical presently has a consensus price target of $79.17, suggesting a potential upside of 15.86%. Given Eastman Chemical’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than Senestech.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Senestech shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Eastman Chemical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Senestech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eastman Chemical	$8.75 billion	0.89	$474.00 million	$3.84	17.79
Senestech	$2.22 million	2.18	-$6.38 million	($1.37)	-0.65

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Senestech. Senestech 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 Senestech on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Senestech

SenesTech, Inc. develops a technology for managing animal pest populations through fertility control. It offers ContraPest, a liquid bait that limits reproduction of male and female rats. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.