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Element Solutions Inc
ESI
$9.0B
Mkt Cap
$37.44
-2.25%
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a current P/E ratio of 47.4, compared to its historical median P/E of 30.7. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.9%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a market capitalization of $10.1B. It is classified as a large-cap stock.
Yes, Element Solutions Inc (ESI) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.77%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.25%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Element Solutions Inc (ESI) appears expensive. The current P/E of 47.4 is 54% above its historical median of 30.7. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 18.6%.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) operates in the Miscellaneous Chemical Products industry, within the Materials sector.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) reported annual revenue of $2.6 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, all product names, trade names, trademarks, service marks or logos used in this 2025 Annual Report are part of our intellectual property, although the “®” and “TM” trademark designations may have been omitted. For financial and other information about our segments and the geographic areas in which we do business, see "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Part II, Item 7, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" in Part II, Item 8, as well as Note 1, "Background and Basis of Presentation" and Note 22, "Segment Information" to our audited Consolidated Financial Statements, all included in this 2025 Annual Report. Business Overview Element Solutions, incorporated in Delaware in January 2014, is a leading global specialty chemicals technology company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the performance of products people use every day.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.8B | 2.6B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.4B |
| Net Income | 149M | 191M | 244M | 118M | 187M | 203M |
| EPS | $0.55 | $0.79 | $1.01 | $0.49 | $0.76 | $0.82 |
| Free Cash Flow | 121M | 228M | 294M | 281M | 248M | 280M |
| ROIC | 5.1% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 6.3% |
| Gross Margin | 40.8% | 42.0% | 42.2% | 39.4% | 37.4% | 40.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.79 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.29 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.25 |
| Operating Income | 376M | 342M | 344M | 174M | 325M | 300M |
| Operating Margin | 13.4% | 13.4% | 14.0% | 7.4% | 12.8% | 12.5% |
| ROE | 5.4% | 7.5% | 10.4% | 5.1% | 7.8% | 8.5% |
| Shares Outstanding | 271M | 242M | 242M | 241M | 246M | 248M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 843M | 2.5B | 3.6B | 3.8B | 2.0B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.8B |
| Gross Margin | 47.0% | 39.0% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 42.7% | 42.9% | 42.4% | 40.0% | 37.4% | 39.4% | 42.2% | 42.0% | 40.8% |
| R&D | 26M | 63M | 45M | 46M | 44M | 42M | 49M | 50M | 49M | 68M | 63M | 68M | 72M |
| SG&A | 361M | 858M | 596M | 567M | 545M | 497M | 505M | 611M | 579M | 597M | 629M | 661M | 695M |
| EBIT | N/A | 72M | 89M | 200M | 249M | 249M | 233M | 300M | 325M | 174M | 344M | 342M | 376M |
| Op. Margin | N/A | 2.8% | 2.5% | 5.3% | 12.7% | 13.6% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 7.4% | 14.0% | 13.4% | 13.4% |
| Net Income | -263M | -309M | -41M | -296M | -324M | 92M | 76M | 203M | 187M | 118M | 244M | 191M | 149M |
| Net Margin | -31.1% | -12.1% | -1.1% | -7.8% | -16.5% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 5.1% | 9.9% | 7.5% | 5.3% |
| Non-Recurring | 3.0M | 25M | 72M | 24M | 6.3M | 14M | 6.3M | 12M | 9.5M | 91M | 44M | 59M | 59M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | N/A | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 7.3% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| ROE | -15.1% | -13.5% | -1.7% | -10.8% | -13.4% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 5.1% | 10.4% | 7.5% | 5.4% |
| ROA | -7.7% | -4.2% | -0.4% | -2.9% | -3.3% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 5.0% | 3.8% | 2.6% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 98M | 321M | 185M | 182M | -800K | 171M | 276M | 326M | 296M | 334M | 362M | 290M | 197M |
| Free Cash Flow | 80M | 273M | 152M | 151M | -29M | 141M | 247M | 280M | 248M | 281M | 294M | 228M | 121M |
| Owner Earnings | 9.5M | 69M | 22M | 14M | -173M | 4.4M | 109M | 122M | 117M | 158M | 190M | 80M | -21M |
| CapEx | 19M | 48M | 33M | 31M | 28M | 30M | 29M | 46M | 48M | 53M | 68M | 62M | 76M |
| Maint. CapEx | 88M | 251M | 156M | 156M | 157M | 155M | 161M | 164M | 161M | 167M | 158M | 151M | 156M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 88M | 251M | 156M | 156M | 157M | 155M | 161M | 164M | 161M | 167M | 158M | 151M | 156M |
| CapEx/OCF | 18.8% | 14.9% | 30.5% | N/A | N/A | 17.4% | 10.4% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 21.5% | 38.7% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 3.9M | 44M | 3.5M | 0 | 0 | 12M | 62M | 78M | 77M | 78M | 78M | 78M |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | 0.1% | 1.9% | 0.1% | N/A | N/A | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 507M | 56M | 20M | 151M | 0 | 0 | 25M | 25M |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17.9% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 3.6% | N/A | N/A | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 700K | 900K | 7.4M | 12M | 15M | 12M | 6.0M | 40M | 18M | 9.4M | 15M | 59M | 62M |
| Debt Repayment | 9.1M | 284M | 3.3B | 4.1B | 23M | 5.4B | 808M | 10M | 16M | 1.3B | 1.2B | 203M | 203M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 993M | 4.8B | 4.8B | 5.2B | 5.1B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.1B | 2.0B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 397M | 432M | 423M | 258M | 234M | 190M | 292M | 330M | 266M | 289M | 359M | 627M | 177M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.4B | 5.2B | 5.1B | 5.4B | 5.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 2.1B |
| Debt/Equity | 0.57 | 2.49 | 1.91 | 1.99 | 2.55 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.64 | 0.79 |
| Interest Coverage | N/A | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Equity | 2.5B | 2.1B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.3B | 2.3B | 2.4B | 2.7B | 2.7B |
| Total Assets | 4.5B | 10.2B | 10.1B | 10.3B | 9.4B | 4.3B | 4.5B | 5.1B | 4.9B | 5.0B | 4.9B | 5.1B | 5.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 2.0B | 7.3B | 7.2B | 7.4B | 7.2B | 2.1B | 2.2B | 2.6B | 2.6B | 2.6B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 3.0B |
| Intangibles | 1.3B | 3.3B | 3.2B | 1.2B | 1.0B | 944M | 856M | 957M | 806M | 879M | 732M | 657M | 1.0B |
| Retained Earnings | -224M | -533M | -574M | -870M | -1.2B | -1.5B | -1.5B | -1.3B | -1.2B | -1.2B | -1.0B | -905M | -869M |
| Working Capital | 1.3B | 1.2B | 989M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 540M | 676M | 799M | 844M | 828M | 890M | 1.2B | 915M |
| Current Assets | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.1B | 2.3B | 2.5B | 833M | 990M | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.5B |
| Current Liabilities | 241M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 294M | 314M | 415M | 344M | 369M | 380M | 430M | 544M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -1.94 | -1.52 | -0.14 | -1.04 | -1.13 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.49 | 1.01 | 0.79 | 0.55 |
| Owner EPS | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.05 | -0.60 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.33 | -0.08 |
| Book Value | 18.17 | 10.36 | 9.63 | 9.63 | 7.35 | 8.43 | 9.19 | 10.01 | 9.47 | 9.66 | 9.86 | 11.07 | 10.11 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 0.73 | 1.58 | 0.65 | 0.64 | -0.00 | 0.65 | 1.09 | 1.31 | 1.20 | 1.38 | 1.50 | 1.20 | 1.13 |
| Dividends/Share | 22.85 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 22.85 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.29 |
| Shares Out. | 135.4M | 203.0M | 284.2M | 284.8M | 287.1M | 263.4M | 252.3M | 247.9M | 246.3M | 241.0M | 241.8M | 241.5M | 270.5M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30.7 | 55.1 | 27.7 | 22.5 | 46.6 | 25.0 | 32.5 | 67.7 |
| P/FCF | 36.5 | 9.1 | 16.8 | 17.6 | N/A | 20.1 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 19.6 | 20.8 | 27.3 | 83.8 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | 96.5 | 28.1 | 38.0 | 30.8 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 17.2 | 39.6 | 21.0 | 19.2 | 32.2 |
| Price/Book | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| Price/Sales | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| FCF Yield | 2.7% | 10.9% | 5.9% | 5.7% | -1.1% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 3.7% | 1.2% |
| Market Cap | 2.9B | 2.5B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 4.2B | 5.6B | 4.2B | 5.5B | 6.1B | 6.2B | 10.1B |
| Avg. Price | 21.22 | 19.52 | 8.09 | 11.15 | 10.46 | 9.84 | 10.50 | 20.28 | 19.02 | 18.81 | 24.75 | 24.14 | 37.44 |
| Year-End Price | 21.52 | 12.28 | 9.02 | 9.36 | 9.47 | 10.75 | 16.53 | 22.73 | 17.08 | 22.82 | 25.21 | 25.68 | 37.44 |
Element Solutions Inc passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
Element Solutions Inc trades at 47.4x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 30.7x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 40.1x vs a median of 19.6x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.9% with a gross margin of 40.2%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 1.0%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +16.2%.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a net profit margin of 7.5%. This is a modest margin.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) generated $228 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. This indicates moderate leverage.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.79 in its most recent fiscal year.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a return on equity (ROE) of 7.5%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a 5-year average gross margin of 40.2%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for Element Solutions Inc (ESI), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has a book value per share of $11.07, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.