Basic Materials
Element Solutions Inc(ESI)
Live Price
Offline$45.97
+1.59% today
Window Change
+8.34%
Window
May 29, 2026 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $10.72B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.8%
- EPS Growth
- -21.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.7%
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Coverage: 15 bars ยท May 29, 2026 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $10.72B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $45.97 and up 8.3% across the available one-year price window (May 29, 2026 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.8%, EPS growth of -21.8%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.8%, EPS -21.8%, free cash flow -22.5% with operating margin 13.4% and ROIC 7.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 71.9 and price/sales 3.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ESI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+3.8% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.4% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 22, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +3.8% and EPS is at -21.8%, with operating margin around 13.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Benchmark Edge
ESI vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
ESI Max Drawdown
-7.43%
Trailing 1Y
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Company Overview
Element Solutions Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Element Solutions Inc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Electronics, and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and materials for various types of electronics hardware products. This segment also supplies solder technologies, fluxes, cleaners, and other attachment materials for the electronics assembly industry; proprietary liquid chemical processes to manufacture printed circuit boards; and advanced copper interconnects, die attachment, wafer bump processes, and photomask technologies for integrated circuit fabrication and semiconductor packaging. It primarily serves mobile communications, computers, automobiles, and aerospace equipment industries. The Industrial & Specialty segment provides industrial solutions, which include chemical systems that protect and decorate metal and plastic surfaces; consumable chemicals that enable printing image transfer on flexible packaging materials; and chemistries used in water-based hydraulic control fluids for offshore energy production applications. It serves aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, and oil and gas production end markets. The company was formerly known as Platform Specialty Products Corporation and changed its name to Element Solutions Inc in January 2019. Element Solutions Inc was founded in 1785 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- Leadership
- Benjamin Gliklich
- IPO Date
- Oct 22, 2013
- Employees
- 5.3k
- Street Address
- 500 East Broward Boulevard
- Mailing
- Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33394
- Region
- Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 561 207 9600
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 71.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 28.2
- Price/Sales
- 3.8
- Price/Book
- 3.9
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.8%
- EPS
- -21.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- -22.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 40.8%
- Operating Margin
- 13.4%
- Net Margin
- 5.3%
- ROE
- 5.6%
- ROIC
- 7.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.79
- Current Ratio
- 2.68
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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