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Element Solutions Inc (ESI) stock score

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United States

$36.32 ▼ -1.06% today

94.6
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

Element Solutions Inc (ESI) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 94.6 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 95% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Basic Materials it ranks #23 of 397. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and price action; its weakest are risk and macro.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Strong
Growth
Average
Price action
Strong
Risk
Below average
Conviction
Average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Weak

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)51.3×
P/E (forward)17.9×
Dividend yield0.88%
Return on capital6.8%
Operating margin11.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.8%
FCF yield2.2%
Net debt / EBITDA3.42×
Piotroski F-Score6 / 9
52-week change+41.0%
Market cap$9.2B
Next earningsOct 27, 2026

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Specialty Chemicals peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
LINLinde plc96.5strong$221.0B
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company37.1weak$77.6B
ECLEcolab Inc.39.1weak$76.7B
APDAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.30.4weak$61.8B
PPGPPG Industries, Inc.62.5middling$23.4B
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances14.4poor$21.0B
LYBLyondellBasell Industries N.V.28.3weak$18.9B
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile51.9middling$18.4B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.