What does industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment mean?

A non-cash charge representing the reduction in the value of goodwill recorded from past acquisitions.

How do you interpret industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment?

An increase in impairment charges signals a decline in the segment's long-term growth prospects or profitability expectations.

How does industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment compare across companies?

Standard accounting metric across all public companies; peers typically report this in segment-level disclosures or footnotes.

Element Solutions ESI Industrial & Specialty — Goodwill impairment

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '23

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IES

IESCCommercial and Industrial — Goodwill impairment expense

$0-100%

RRXCommercialand Industrial Systems — Goodwill Impairment

$0—

IRIndustrial Technologies and Services — Impairment of goodwill

$0—

GPCIndustrial — Goodwill impairment charge

$0—

MODCommercial And Industrial Solutions — Goodwill Impairment

$0—

IES

IESCCorporate Segment — Goodwill impairment expense

$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$840.0M+41.5%

Gross profit$322.7M+28.8%

Operating income$111.4M+43.9%

Net income$55.9M-43.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.23-42.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$177.3M-64.5%

Total debt$2.3B+38.8%

Total equity$2.7B+8.5%

Total assets$5.7B+19.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$66.6M-356%

CapEx$25.1M+128%

Free cash flow-$91.7M-711%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.2B+51.7%

Enterprise value$13.28B+57.3%

P/E75.3×+49.5×

P/S4×+1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.8%-1.2pp

Operating margin13.4%-0.4pp

Net margin5.3%-6.2pp

FCF margin4.3%-6.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity5.7%-6.2pp

Debt / equity0.8×+0.2×

Current ratio2.7×-1.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Element Solutions in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:GoodwillImpairmentLoss.

The official record: Element Solutions’s 10-K, filed February 19, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Element Solutions's industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment?: Element Solutions (ESI) reported industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment of $20M in Q4 2023.
What does industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment mean?: A non-cash charge representing the reduction in the value of goodwill recorded from past acquisitions.
How do you interpret industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment?: An increase in impairment charges signals a decline in the segment's long-term growth prospects or profitability expectations.
How does industrial & specialty — goodwill impairment compare across companies?: Standard accounting metric across all public companies; peers typically report this in segment-level disclosures or footnotes.