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) Gross margin

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Element Solutions Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 36.6%, down 5.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (42.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 37.4% (fiscal 2022) to 43.9% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 42.0% (0.19)
FY2024 42.2% 2.78
FY2023 39.4% 2.00
FY2022 37.4% (2.67)
FY2021 40.0% (2.36)
FY2020 42.4% (0.54)
FY2019 42.9% 0.23
FY2018 42.7% (0.61)
FY2017 43.3% (0.59)
FY2016 43.9% 4.89

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 34.4% 0.25
Jun 2026 34.2% (4.27)
Mar 2026 38.4% (2.49)
Dec 2025 40.9% (1.31)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 37.4% High 43.9%
Ten-year median 42.2%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 37.5%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 36.6%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 33.6%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 31.7%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 25.8%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 20.6%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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