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ESI Financials Element Solutions Inc

12 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.6% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (0.6% vs 6.6% per year).
  • Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 13.4% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 1.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($1.6B) exceeds cash ($627M); net debt is $1.0B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (1.3% vs 6.6% per year).
  • Total debt is 3.3× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 6 consecutive years, consuming 40.8% of earnings and 34.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 44.4% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$324M $1B $3B $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-17% 14% 44% 0% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$71M $112M $294M $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $3B $6B 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$4B -$128M $4B $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $2.6B $191M 42.0% 13.4% $228M $1.6B $627M
2024 $2.5B $244M 42.2% 14.0% $294M $1.8B $359M
2023 $2.3B $118M 39.4% 7.4% $281M $1.9B $289M
2022 $2.5B $187M 37.4% 12.8% $248M $1.9B $266M
2021 $2.4B 40.0% 12.5% $280M $1.9B $330M
2020 $1.9B 42.4% 12.6% $247M $1.5B $292M
2019 $1.8B 42.9% 13.6% $141M $1.5B $190M
2018 $2.0B -$324M 42.7% 12.7% -$29M $5.4B $234M
2017 $1.9B -$296M 43.3% 10.7% -$65M $5.5B $258M
2016 $1.8B -$74M 43.9% 5.1% -$71M $5.2B $423M
2015 -$309M $5.3B $432M
2014 -$30M $1.4B $397M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced ESI against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 30.5 60.9 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 2.3 4.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.9 1.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is ESI growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Element Solutions Inc's revenue has grown 6.6% per year, and net income grown 0.6% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does ESI have?

As of FY2025, Element Solutions Inc reported $1.6B of total debt against $627M of cash.

What is ESI's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 42.0%, operating margin 13.4%, and net margin 7.5%.

What is ESI's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Element Solutions Inc traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 60.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.