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Eastman Chemical (EMN) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q3 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 · Eastman Chemical (EMN) Q3 2026 earnings results →

Q3 2026 Revenue up 8% year over year to $2.4B · 11¢ of every $1 of revenue kept as net profit · operating margin 10.4%

Eastman Chemical made $2.4B in Q3 2026 (+8% Y/Y). Operating margin 10.4%, net earnings $253M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026.

Revenue$2.4B

Year over year+8%

Operating margin10.4%

Net earnings$253M

Operating cash flow$290M

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $2.4B in Q3 2026, up 8% year over year and down 5% from the previous quarter.

Gross margin was 22.3%, up 2.6 points from Q3 2025. Operating profit was $0.25B, a 10.4% margin (up 4.4 points year over year). Of the extra revenue versus Q3 2025, 63% reached operating profit, above the 6% margin then. Operating expenses fell 5% while revenue rose 8%. Net earnings were $0.25B, up 265% year over year. The effective tax rate was -1.6%.

Operating cash flow was $0.29B (down 28% year over year), 115% of net earnings. Non-cash charges added back $0.13B of depreciation and amortization and $0.02B of share-based compensation. Working capital and other items used $0.11B. Capital expenditures of $0.10B left free cash flow of $0.20B.

Quarterly history

Quarter	Form	Filed	Revenue	Y/Y	Op. margin	Net earnings	Op. cash flow
Q3 2026	10-Q	Oct 30, 2026	$2.4B	+8%	10.4%	$253M	$290M
Q2 2026	10-Q	Jul 31, 2026	$2.5B	+10%	10.2%	$184M	$224M
Q1 2026	10-Q	May 1, 2026	$2.2B	-5%	6.2%	$107M	−$137M
Q4 2025	10-K	Feb 13, 2026	$2.0B	-12%	0.6%	$105M	$502M
Q3 2025	10-Q	Nov 4, 2025	$2.2B	-11%	6.1%	$47.0M	$402M
Q2 2025	10-Q	Aug 1, 2025	$2.3B	-3%	7.4%	$140M	$233M
Q1 2025	10-Q	Apr 25, 2025	$2.3B	-0.9%	11.0%	$183M	−$167M

Charts

Latest (Q3 2026): Y/Y +8%, Q/Q -5%.

From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.

Latest (Q3 2026): Net income $253M, Operating cash flow $290M.

-15.3% since FY2020: buybacks shrank the count.

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers; dot size is quarterly revenue; dashed lines are the industry's medians.