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Element Solutions ESI Price / sales

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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×

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

Calculated from Element Solutions’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Element Solutions’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Element Solutions's price / sales?
Element Solutions (ESI) reported price / sales of 3× in Q1 2026.
How has Element Solutions's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Element Solutions's price / sales increased by 34.2% year-over-year, from 2.2× to 3×.
What is the long-term trend for Element Solutions's price / sales?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Element Solutions's price / sales has grown at a 0.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.4× to 2.4×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.