Element Solutions Inc.

ESI Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Element Solutions Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.6 billion, up 3.84% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+51.7%
EPS
+68.8%
Free cash flow
+53.9%
Total debt
+28.1%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

30.92 2.52 −7.54%
Market cap
$7.5B
P/E
36.4×
Fwd P/E
30.7×
Dividend yield
1.03%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.25
Beneish M
−2.40
Dividend safety
69/100

Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) Current ratio

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Element Solutions Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.8×, down 0.9× from fiscal 2025 (3.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.9× (fiscal 2016) to 3.7× (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.3× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 3.7× 10.06%
FY2024 3.3× 3.18%
FY2023 3.2× (6.08%)
FY2022 3.5× 18.00%
FY2021 2.9× (7.12%)
FY2020 3.1× 11.03%
FY2019 2.8× 30.56%
FY2018 2.2× 1.33%
FY2017 2.1× 12.08%
FY2016 1.9× (9.17%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.8× (4.29%)
Jun 2026 2.9× 8.36%
Mar 2026 2.7× (27.12%)
Dec 2025 3.7× (9.14%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.9× High 3.7×
Ten-year median 2.9×
Current reading's percentile 100

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 2.8×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 2.6×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 2.5×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 2.4×
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 2.3×
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 1.8×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 1.6×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 1.5×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 1.4×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.3×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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