ESIElement Solutions Inc
Miscellaneous Chemical Products
- Revenue
- $2.6B
- 3.8% YoY
- Operating margin
- 13.4%
- 4.2% YoY
- EBITDA
- $493M
- 1.6% YoY
- Market cap
- —
- Employees
- —
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 1.1×
- $521M net debt
- AI in 10-K
- —
Red flags 1 of 9
- TSR below peersClear—3+ of last 5 years
- High CEO pay despite TSRClear—Median CEO pay ≥ $15M and TSR flag
- Active 13DClear0 filingsActive-intent 13D in 18 months
- Net insider sellingClear$0 netNet sales over $10M in 12 months
- Earnings not backed by cashClear152% of net incomeCash flow under 80% of net income
- Dilutive SBCClear2% of revenueOver 10% of revenue
- Payouts exceed cash flowClear35% of cash flowBuybacks + dividends over cash flow
- Goodwill-heavyFired43% of assetsOver 40% of assets
- Shareholder dissentClear—Any vote under 80% support
Financials
| Metric | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $2.6B | 3.8% |
| Operating income | $300M | $325M | $174M | $344M | $342M | 0.5% |
| Net income | — | $187M | $118M | $244M | $191M | 22% |
| Operating cash flow | $326M | $296M | $334M | $362M | $290M | 20% |
| Capex | $46M | $48M | $53M | $68M | $62M | 9.1% |
| Stock-based comp | $40M | $18M | $9M | $15M | $59M | 299% |
| Buybacks | $20M | $151M | $0 | $0 | $25M | |
| Dividends | $62M | $78M | $77M | $78M | $78M | 0.5% |
Deal filings
None.
13D filers
None on file.
Insider trading
- Open-market buys, 12 mo
- $0 · 0
- Open-market sells, 12 mo
- $7M · 3
- Net
- −$7M
Pay vs performance
No pay-versus-performance disclosure yet.