Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) vs. Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) Critical Review

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) and Eastman Chemical (NYSE:EMN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Eastman Chemical”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eastman Chemical	$8.75 billion	0.94	$474.00 million	$4.09	17.65

Eastman Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Eastman Chemical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Eastman Chemical	0	8	7	0	2.47

Eastman Chemical has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Eastman Chemical’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eastman Chemical is more favorable than Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.7% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Eastman Chemical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Eastman Chemical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eastman Chemical	5.42%	10.57%	4.18%

Summary

Eastman Chemical beats Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes bio-technological products for the agricultural market primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers bacillus species and/or photosynthetic bacteria based biological organic, compound microbial, bio-water soluble, and microbial inoculum fertilizers. The company has a strategic cooperation agreements with the Beijing Zhongpin Agricultural Science and Technology Development Center; China Academy of Agricultural Science's Institute of Agricultural Resources & Regional Planning; and Institute of Agricultural Economy & Development, as well as Kiwa Bio-Tech (Yangling) Co. Ltd. Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Yangling, China.

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.