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) Return on assets

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Element Solutions Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.76%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.83%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.19% (fiscal 2015) to 4.96% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.83% (1.13)
FY2024 4.96% 2.57
FY2023 2.39% (1.34)
FY2022 3.73% (0.50)
FY2021 4.23% 2.51
FY2020 1.72% 0.38
FY2019 1.34% 4.64
FY2018 −3.30% (0.38)
FY2017 −2.92% (2.52)
FY2016 −0.40% 3.79

Against its own ten years

Low −4.19% High 4.96%
Ten-year median 1.72%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 13.2%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 10.8%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 5.74%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 4.31%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 4.11%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 3.76%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 3.10%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −2.27%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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