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 Oct 25, 2026, 10:25 UTC 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

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)

ROEROA

Free cash flow (CFO − capex)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FY	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	ROE	ROA	FCF	Total debt	Cash
2025	$2.6B	$191M	42.0%	13.4%	7.1%	3.7%	$228M	$1.6B	$627M
2024	$2.5B	$244M	42.2%	14.0%	10.2%	5.0%	$294M	$1.8B	$359M
2023	$2.3B	$118M	39.4%	7.4%	5.1%	2.4%	$281M	$1.9B	$289M
2022	$2.5B	$187M	37.4%	12.8%	8.0%	3.8%	$248M	$1.9B	$266M
2021	$2.4B	—	40.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	$280M	$1.9B	$330M
2020	$1.9B	—	42.4%	12.6%	0.0%	0.0%	$247M	$1.5B	$292M
2019	$1.8B	—	42.9%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	$141M	$1.5B	$190M
2018	$2.0B	-$324M	42.7%	12.7%	-15.4%	-3.5%	-$29M	$5.4B	$234M
2017	$1.9B	-$296M	43.3%	10.7%	-10.8%	-2.9%	-$65M	$5.5B	$258M
2016	$1.8B	-$74M	43.9%	5.1%	-2.7%	-0.7%	-$71M	$5.2B	$423M
2015	—	-$309M	—	—	-14.7%	-3.0%	—	$5.3B	$432M
2014	—	-$30M	—	—	-1.2%	-0.7%	—	$1.4B	$397M

Revenue & net income

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)

ROEROA

Free cash flow (CFO − capex, quarterly)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key quarterly figures

Quarter	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	ROE	ROA	FCF	Total debt	Cash
Sep '26	$995M	$66M	34.4%	11.4%	2.3%	1.1%	$129M	—	$225M
Jun '26	$978M	$77M	34.2%	11.6%	2.7%	1.3%	$72M	—	$190M
Mar '26	$840M	$56M	38.4%	13.3%	2.0%	1.0%	-$92M	—	$177M
Dec '25	$676M	$6M	40.9%	10.3%	0.2%	0.1%	—	$1.6B	$627M
Sep '25	$656M	$39M	42.2%	15.4%	1.5%	0.8%	$84M	—	$594M
Jun '25	$625M	$47M	42.6%	15.1%	1.8%	0.9%	$55M	—	$530M
Mar '25	$594M	$98M	42.2%	13.0%	3.9%	2.0%	$15M	—	$499M
Dec '24	$624M	$55M	41.0%	12.0%	2.3%	1.1%	—	$1.8B	$359M
Sep '24	$645M	$40M	41.5%	14.7%	1.7%	0.8%	—	—	$376M
Jun '24	$613M	$93M	43.6%	15.7%	3.9%	1.9%	—	—	$309M
Mar '24	$575M	$56M	42.6%	13.5%	2.4%	1.1%	$39M	—	$286M
Dec '23	$573M	$77M	38.4%	9.7%	3.3%	1.6%	—	$1.9B	$289M
Sep '23	$599M	-$32M	40.4%	-0.2%	-1.4%	-0.6%	—	—	$330M
Jun '23	$586M	$30M	39.0%	9.0%	1.3%	0.6%	—	—	$282M
Mar '23	$574M	$43M	39.7%	11.6%	1.8%	0.9%	$44M	—	$279M
Dec '22	$574M	—	38.0%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	—	$1.9B	$266M
Sep '22	$619M	$53M	35.9%	12.8%	2.3%	1.1%	—	—	$234M
Jun '22	$677M	$65M	36.9%	13.4%	2.7%	1.3%	—	—	$216M
Mar '22	$680M	—	38.7%	14.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-$15M	—	$219M
Dec '21	$647M	—	36.6%	9.4%	0.0%	0.0%	—	$1.9B	$330M

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.

The price-to-earnings ratio has risen from 25.0× (Mar '23) to 43.4× (Nov '26).
The price-to-sales ratio has risen from 1.8× (Mar '23) to 3.2× (Nov '26).
The dividend yield has fallen from 1.7% (Mar '23) to 0.9% (Nov '26).

Price / earnings (P/E)

P/E

Price / sales (P/S)

P/S

Dividend yield (%)

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?

Element Solutions Inc's P/E (TTM) is 40.40 as of the 2026-11-02 close — market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year, the same figure as on the ESI stock page. The valuation chart above sets each month-end's price against the latest annual net income instead, so its latest point (about 43.4× as of Nov '26) can differ. 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), split-adjusted; price return — dividends not reinvested · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.