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) Net margin

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Element Solutions Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.87%, down 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.48%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.5% (fiscal 2018) to 9.94% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 4.19% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.48% (2.46)
FY2024 9.94% 4.88
FY2023 5.06% (2.28)
FY2022 7.34% (1.13)
FY2021 8.47% 4.39
FY2020 4.08% (0.94)
FY2019 5.02% 21.56
FY2018 −16.5% (0.77)
FY2017 −15.8% (13.47)
FY2016 −2.30% 9.84

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 6.60% (1.30)
Jun 2026 7.90% 1.25
Mar 2026 6.65% 5.75
Dec 2025 0.90% (5.09)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −16.5% High 9.94%
Ten-year median 5.02%
Current reading's percentile 58

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 17.8%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 16.5%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 8.89%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 8.37%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 7.79%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 6.91%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 6.46%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 5.87%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.87%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 4.19%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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