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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 41.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2019) to 154× (April 2017); the current reading is higher than 84% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.1× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 26.4× 25.88%
FY2024 21.0× 7.51%
FY2023 19.5× 11.13%
FY2022 17.6× (18.27%)
FY2021 21.5× 21.18%
FY2020 17.7× (14.12%)
FY2019 20.6× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 48.1× (42.71%)
Jun 2026 84.0× 23.71%
Mar 2026 67.9× 157.18%
Dec 2025 26.4× 17.51%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 154×
Ten-year median 20.5×
Current reading's percentile 84

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
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ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 8.6×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 15.7×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 16.0×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 16.5×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 20.6×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 41.0×
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 98.6×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 707×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.1×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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