Element Solutions Inc

Industrials
Major Chemicals
www.elementsolutionsinc.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $5.02B
PE 18
Debt $1.62B
Cash $499.20M
EV $6.14B
FCF $269.40M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$286.20M
EBIT	$381.90M
ROE	11%
ROA	8%
FCF	$269.40M
Equity	$2.54B
Growth Stability	76%
PE	17.54
PEG	1.5
PB	1.98
P/FCF	18.63
P/S	2.03
Price/Cash	0.1
Debt/Equity	0.64
Debt/FCF	6.03
Net Margins	17%
Gross Margins	42%
Op. Margins	15%
Earnings CAGR	11%
Sales Growth YoY	3%
Sales Growth QoQ	-5%
Sales CAGR	-3%
FCF CAGR	18%
Equity CAGR	-1%
Earnings Stability	0.25
Earnings Growth YoY	75%
Earnings Growth QoQ	79%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	12%

Sales CAGR 5Y	6%
FCF CAGR 5Y	4%
Equity CAGR 5Y	1%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-3%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-3%
FCF CAGR 3Y	3%
Equity CAGR 3Y	2%
Market Cap	$5.02B
Revenue	$2.48B
Dividend Yield	2%
Payout Ratio	27%
Assets	$4.79B
Total Debt	$1.62B
Cash	$499.20M
Shares Outstanding	242.4M
EV	6.14B
Earnings Score	13%
Moat Score	90%
Safety Score	81%
Final Score	61%
Working Capital	1.02B
Current Ratio	3.95
Gross Profit	$1.04B
Shares Growth 3y	-1%
Equity Growth QoQ	6%
Equity Growth YoY	8%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Element Solutions Inc specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the performance of products people use every day. Developed in multi-step technological processes, these innovative solutions enable customers' manufacturing processes in several key industries, including consumer electronics, power electronics, semiconductor fabrication, communications and data storage infrastructure, automotive systems, industrial surface finishing, consumer packaging, and offshore energy.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Element Solutions Inc (ESI) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Element Solutions Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 11%

Stability 25%

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Element Solutions Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $9.3B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$269M	$317M	$374M	$440M	$518M	$610M	$719M	$847M	$997M	$1.2B	$1.4B	$14B
DCF		$288M	$309M	$331M	$354M	$379M	$406M	$434M	$465M	$498M	$533M	$5.3B
Value	$9.3B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	-12%	-2%	-8%	-17%	5%	4%	8%	7%	5%	10%	17%
ROA	-	3%	2%	3%	6%	5%	6%	7%	3%	7%	8%
ROE	-	-3%	-10%	-15%	4%	3%	8%	8%	5%	10%	11%

Good Net Margins (16.51%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	58.14	67.45	-185.87	10.98	6.24	6.95	7.76	6.98	6.3	6.03
Debt over Equity	2.37	1.85	1.94	2.49	0.7	0.66	0.78	0.82	0.84	0.77	0.64
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100%	76%	100%	76%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (6.03)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.64)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (76%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	41%	5%	-48%	-6%	1%	29%	6%	-8%	5%	6%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-75%	286%	10%	-128%	-18%	169%	-8%	-37%	107%	12%
Equity YoY growth	-	27%	-1%	-24%	2%	4%	8%	-6%	-0%	2%	1%
FCF YoY growth	-	-61%	-11%	-136%	-584%	75%	13%	-11%	13%	5%	4%