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The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Raised its dividend (5.1% yield)
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 0.1% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (314 bought, 267 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$65.72+1.2% that day
- Company value
- $7.5B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 17.1x
- You pay about $17 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.85x
- Company value is 0.85 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 5.1%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 9%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 56%
- Debt as a share of company value
From EMN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$2.5B+9.9% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $8.9B, down 4.5% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 0.7% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.8.1%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.70x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.5.4%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$424.0M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-7.4% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.21.1%
- Revenue
- $8.8B
- -6.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +0.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $4.2B
- 0.70x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.37x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $2.5B
- +9.9% YoY
- EPS
- $1.59
- vs $1.20
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- +0.2 pts
- Free cash flow
- $124.0M
- Share count
- -0.8%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.2
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-0.1%Institutions cut 0.1% from their holdings. 314 bought, 267 sold.
Shares held by institutions107.6M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.7x · $4.5B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
114MNext reportIn 6 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedJul 30
- Results filedApr 30
- Results filedJan 29
- Results filedNov 3, 2025
- Results filedJul 31, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.