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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915389-25-000099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMN"
cik: "0000915389"
company_name: "EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:46:32.459551+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastman Q1 adj EPS $1.91 (+19% YoY); Q2 guidance $1.70-$1.90 amid tariff uncertainty

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS $1.91 vs $1.61 YoY (+19%); reported EPS $1.57 vs $1.39.
- Sales revenue $2.29B, down 1% YoY; adjusted EBIT margin improved 170 bps.
- Kingsport methanolysis facility achieved record uptime and production.
- Cost reduction target raised to ~$75M net of inflation; capex cut to ~$550M.
- Full-year operating cash flow expected ~$1.2B; shifted to quarterly EPS guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915389-25-000099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMN
- cik: 0000915389
- company_name: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538925000099/0000915389-25-000099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000091538925000099/emn-20250424.htm

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