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) Free cash flow

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Element Solutions Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $229.1M, down 22.0% from $293.6M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $183.6M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$61.2M (fiscal 2016) to $298.8M (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. Element Solutions Inc. ranks 19th of 59 Specialty Chemicals companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $229.1M (21.97%)
FY2024 $293.6M 4.00%
FY2023 $282.3M 11.63%
FY2022 $252.9M (9.58%)
FY2021 $279.7M 12.37%
FY2020 $248.9M 70.71%
FY2019 $145.8M —
FY2018 −$25.0M —
FY2017 −$48.2M —
FY2016 −$61.2M —

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $128.8M 79.64%
Jun 2026 $71.7M —
Mar 2026 −$91.7M —
Dec 2025 $74.8M (10.63%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −$61.2M High $298.8M
Ten-year median $248.9M
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow against peers

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Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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