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Element Solutions ESI Return on invested capital

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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×
P/S+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

Calculated from Element Solutions’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on invested capital?
Element Solutions (ESI) reported return on invested capital of 5.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Element Solutions's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Element Solutions's return on invested capital decreased by 25.8% year-over-year, from 7.7% to 5.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Element Solutions's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Element Solutions's return on invested capital has grown at a 0.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.1% to 6.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.