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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 16.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.4× (March 2020) to 1,138× (June 2015); the current reading is higher than 53% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 14.3× (5.88%)
FY2024 15.2× (10.66%)
FY2023 17.0× 36.40%
FY2022 12.5× (23.73%)
FY2021 16.4× 14.36%
FY2020 14.3× 33.04%
FY2019 10.7× (46.38%)
FY2018 20.0× 11.86%
FY2017 17.9× (27.48%)
FY2016 24.7× (31.94%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 18.5× (23.84%)
Jun 2026 24.3× 25.78%
Mar 2026 19.3× 34.95%
Dec 2025 14.3× 0.25%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.4× High 1,138×
Ten-year median 15.9×
Current reading's percentile 53

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.4×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 8.0×
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 9.2×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 10.6×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 10.8×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 12.6×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 16.2×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 16.7×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 16.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.9×
Basic Materials sector median 9.2×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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