profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Element Solutions
$33.08-0.72% today
+23.8% in 1 year
1-year low $22.991-year high $49.09
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $42.06 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Element Solutions sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.55 billion in 2022 to $2.55 billion in 2025, with $191 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Element Solutions handed back 45% of the cash it generated last year.
$78M
Free cash flow 2025$228M
Bought back its own shares$25M
Paid as dividends$78M
Cash vs. debt$627M vs. $1.6B
Element Solutions vs. similar companies
Element Solutions grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element Solutions | 42.1× · Expensive | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.2× · Fair price | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Element Solutions'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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,854 | 2,400 | 2,549 | 2,333 | 2,457 | 2,551 | |
| 786 | 961 | 953 | 919 | 1,036 | 1,071 | |
| 233 | 300 | 325 | 254 | 344 | 342 | |
| – | – | 485 | 345 | 502 | 470 | |
| 76 | 203 | 187 | 118 | 244 | 191 | |
| 0.30 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.49 | 1.01 | 0.79 | |
| 42.4% | 40.0% | 37.4% | 39.4% | 42.2% | 42.0% | |
| 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 14.0% | 13.4% | |
| 4.1% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 5.1% | 9.9% | 7.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,483 | 5,138 | 4,904 | 4,974 | 4,874 | 5,101 |
| Cash | 292 | 330 | 266 | 289 | 359 | 627 |
| Total debt | 1,535 | 1,930 | 1,911 | 1,948 | 1,839 | 1,642 |
| Total liabilities | 2,165 | 2,638 | 2,555 | 2,630 | 2,476 | 2,412 |
| 2,320 | 2,481 | 2,333 | 2,329 | 2,383 | 2,675 | |
| 250 | 248 | 246 | 242 | 243 | 242 | |
| – | – | 6.0% | 3.3% | 6.4% | 5.8% | |
| 3.3% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 5.1% | 10.2% | 7.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | 326 | 296 | 334 | 362 | 290 | |
| 29 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 68 | 62 | |
| 247 | 280 | 248 | 281 | 294 | 228 | |
| Dividends paid | 12 | 62 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 78 |
| 56 | 20 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| 6 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 59 |
Valuation
- 42.1×
- 18.8×
- 1.97
- 3.8×
- 3.1×
- 35.3×
- 19.2×
- 2.8%
- 2.4%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 42.0%
- 13.4%
- 7.5%
- 16.1%
- 7.1%
- 4.4%
- 5.6%
- 2.6%
- 7.2%
- 2.6%
Growth
- +6.6%
- +21.4%
- −22.5%
- +45.0%
- −0.6%
Financial health
- 4.4×
- 0.79
- 37.6%
- 6.2×
- 2.68
- 1.91
- 0.49
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 46%of 992
Top 39%of 962
Bottom 22%of 790
Top 40%of 956
Top 44%of 991
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $41.29
- Range
- $36.00 – $52.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.41 | 0.38 | +7.9% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.37 | 0.36 | +2.8% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.39 | +5.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.37 | 0.36 | +2.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.33 | +4.6% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 0.35 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 0.39 | 0.38 | +2.6% |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 0.36 | 0.35 | +2.9% |
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
+45.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.05 in 2020 → $0.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
40.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 34.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
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
42No pass
Benjamin Graham
40No pass
Philip Fisher
48No pass
Peter Lynch
52No pass
Joel Greenblatt
8No pass
Charlie Munger
31No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about Element Solutions
Is Element Solutions a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 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 Element Solutions AI analysis
What does Element Solutions do?
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. It is in Chemicals - Specialty, based in Miami Beach, FL, United States, with 5,200 employees.
Does Element Solutions pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year, about 41% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $77.8 million in dividends.
Is Element Solutions stock halal?
Yes. Element Solutions passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Element Solutions stock done over the past year?
Up 23.8% over the past twelve months, to $33.08. It traded between $22.99 and $49.09 and is 32.6% below its high.
Who are Element Solutions's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, LyondellBasell Industries, DuPont de Nemours and International Flavors & Fragrances. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Element Solutions's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.