Element Solutions Inc (ESI)
Materials · NYQ
Price as at 30 Sept 2026, 17:52 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Element Solutions Inc trades at $36.31, which is 56% above the $15.84 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 45 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 63.9 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
ESI dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.240 | 3 |
| 2025 | $0.320 | 4 |
| 2024 | $0.320 | 4 |
| 2023 | $0.320 | 4 |
| 2022 | $0.320 | 4 |
| 2021 | $0.250 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.050 | 1 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
ESI earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 8 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Element Solutions Inc
Element Solutions Inc operates as a specialty chemicals technology company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments: MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions and Element Specialties. Its MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions segment provides assembly solutions, including surface mount technologies, pastes fluxes, thermal management materials, coatings, and other attachment materials; circuitry solutions, such as circuit board metallization, circuit formation products, electronic materials, surface finishes, and film and smart surface solutions; and semiconductor solutions, which includes semiconductor assembly and wafer level packaging materials. This segment serves the mobile communications, computers, automobiles, and aerospace equipment industries. The Element Specialties segment offers industrial solutions, including electroless nickel, plating products, pre-treatment and cleaning solutions, functional conversion coatings, and water treatment; and energy solutions, which includes offshore fluids. This segment serves the aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, 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 based in Miami Beach, Florida.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
ESI passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
12 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$166.78M · 0.2% of book
- Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Asset Management, LLC$65.80M · 0.1% of book
- Larry Robbins, GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC$47.49M · 0.9% of book
- Senator Investment Group, Senator Investment Group LP$34.62M · 1.3% of book
- Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$22.39M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in ESI
We hold 6 disclosed trades in ESI by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Donald J Trump · Executive branchBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 15 Jun 2026 · disclosed 22 Aug 2026
- Greg Gianforte · HouseBuy · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 23 Jun 2020 · disclosed 1 Jul 2020
- Greg Gianforte · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 3 Apr 2020 · disclosed 14 Apr 2020
- Greg Gianforte · HouseBuy · $15,001 - $50,000 · traded 2 Apr 2020 · disclosed 14 Apr 2020
- Greg Gianforte · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 1 Apr 2020 · disclosed 14 Apr 2020
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
ESI peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Specialty Chemicals), then in the same sector.
- DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
- RPM RPM International Inc.
- AKZOY Akzo Nobel N.V.
- SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc.
- BNR.DE Brenntag SE
- WLK Westlake Corporation
- SOL.JO Sasol Limited
- EMN Eastman Chemical Company
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Common questions
Is Element Solutions Inc (ESI) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $15.84, ESI at $36.31 is 56% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own ESI?
12 of the institutions we track reported a position in ESI in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is ESI's P/E ratio?
ESI trades at 63.9 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Element Solutions Inc (ESI) pay a dividend?
Yes. Element Solutions Inc yields 0.80% at the current share price. It has paid $0.320 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 6 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its ESI data?
Fundamentals for ESI come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 30 Sept 2026, 17:52 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.