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Jim Cramer - Mad Money Eastman Chemical EMN-N BUY Aug 10, 2021

Just delivered a beat in their quarterly report last week, but the stock actually got hit. Days later, Bank of America upgraded EMN and the stock rebounded. He recommended this in June because there's a long-term shortage of the chemicals they supply. Also, EMN has developed a technology that makes recycled plastic a lot more lucrative. EMN raised its full-year forecast by a strong 50 cents. It trades at 13x earnings and should be $5-6 higher.

$114.450

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A commodity chemical company that does a lot of recycling. He understands it's very hard to get a hold of recycled plastic, so he's very negative about this group.

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Cyclical business that hasn't performed well.
Seasonality affecting share price (May-October).
Expecting better performance of shares.
Sign that economy is soft.