profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Elementis
£1.92+0.73% today
+18.7% in 1 year
1-year low £1.431-year high £1.94
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Elementis sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $736 million in 2022 to $598 million in 2025, with -$45.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Elementis handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $54M$25M
Free cash flow 2025$51M
Bought back its own shares$54M
Paid as dividends$25M
Cash vs. debt$55M vs. $257M
Elementis vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementis | No profit yet | ||
 Linde | 34.6× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 33.7× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.4× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Elementis's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 736 | 713 | 604 | 598 | |
| 299 | 284 | 290 | 280 | |
| -42 | 59 | 96 | 109 | |
| 24 | 116 | 128 | 140 | |
| -51 | 27 | -48 | -46 | |
| -0.09 | 0.04 | -0.08 | – | |
| 40.6% | 39.9% | 48.0% | 46.9% | |
| -5.7% | 8.3% | 15.9% | 18.2% | |
| -6.9% | 3.7% | -7.9% | -7.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,627 | 1,511 | 1,308 | 1,115 |
| Cash | 55 | 66 | 60 | 55 |
| Total debt | 454 | 301 | 254 | 257 |
| Total liabilities | 843 | 664 | 551 | 471 |
| 784 | 847 | 757 | 644 | |
| 592 | 597 | 601 | – | |
| -2.0% | 3.9% | 7.2% | 9.1% | |
| -6.5% | 3.1% | -6.3% | -7.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 77 | 100 | 74 | |
| 34 | 38 | 17 | 23 | |
| 43 | 39 | 83 | 51 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 19 | 25 |
| – | 1 | 0 | 54 | |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Valuation
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- 1.4×
- 2.4×
- 28.4×
- 11.8×
- 3.5%
- -3.1%
- 1.7%
Profitability
- 46.9%
- 18.2%
- -7.6%
- –
- 9.1%
- 4.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −6.7%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.7%
Financial health
- 1.4×
- 0.40
- –
- 5.6×
- 1.92
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 36%of 988
Top 29%of 948
Bottom 18%of 927
Top 40%of 987
1.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$17a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
: 49.3%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
30No pass
Benjamin Graham
51No pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
27No pass
Charlie Munger
31No pass
Terry Smith
21No pass
Questions about Elementis
Is Elementis a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Elementis AI analysis
What does Elementis do?
Elementis plc operates as a specialty chemical company in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Coatings and Personal Care. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in London, United Kingdom, with 989 employees.
Does Elementis pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.7% a year. In 2025 it paid out £25.3 million in dividends.
Is Elementis stock halal?
Yes. Elementis passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 24% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Elementis stock done over the past year?
Up 18.7% over the past twelve months, to £1.92. It traded between £1.43 and £1.94, close to its high.
Who are Elementis's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, The Sherwin-Williams and Ecolab. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Elementis's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.