Element Solutions Inc financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
ESI on NYSE
Location
Miami Beach, FL
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
18 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • ESI - Element Solutions Inc financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 6.6%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-12%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 12 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-12) highlights Return On Invested Capital 6.6%, Return On Equity 7.6%, and Return On Assets 3.8%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

33.7/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

6.6%

Metric score 10.4/100

Return On Equity

7.6%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

3.8%

Metric score 22.9/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
3.68x
Quick Ratio
2.66x
Debt to Equity
0.61x

Strengths

Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 6.6% -12%
Return On Equity 7.6% -27%
Return On Assets 3.8% -23%
Operating Margin 13% -4.2%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 3.68x +10%
Quick Ratio 2.66x +26%
Debt-to-equity 0.61x -20%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 3.8%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 243,578,414 +0.46%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $2,700,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 242,000,000 -0.04%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 242,400,000 -0.08%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $2,551,200,000 +3.8%
Research and Development Expense $67,600,000 +7.3%
Operating Income (Loss) $342,200,000 -0.49%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $76,600,000 -36%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $265,600,000 -7.7%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $74,600,000 +67%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0.79 -22%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0.79 -22%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $626,500,000 +74%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $517,700,000 +18%
Inventory, Net $294,700,000 +20%
Other Assets, Current $115,300,000 -16%
Assets, Current $1,582,500,000 +25%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $175,500,000 +32%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $319,600,000 +15%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $83,800,000 +5.1%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $657,200,000 -10%
Goodwill $2,241,900,000 +5.2%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $124,700,000 -11%
Assets $5,101,400,000 +4.7%
Accounts Payable, Current $165,500,000 +36%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $78,100,000 -2%
Liabilities, Current $429,900,000 +13%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $1,625,900,000 -10%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $93,100,000 -0.85%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $69,500,000 +4.7%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $240,800,000 +58%
Liabilities $2,412,000,000 -2.6%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $308,900,000 +34%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $904,600,000 +11%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $2,674,500,000 +12%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $2,689,400,000 +12%
Liabilities and Equity $5,101,400,000 +4.7%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 400,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 269,600,000 +0.9%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $626,500,000 +74%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $63,100,000 -9.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $337,500,000 +8.4%
Operating Lease, Liability $86,000,000 -8.4%
Depreciation $41,100,000 +2.8%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $349,100,000 +184%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $103,200,000 -10%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $704,500,000 +18%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $16,500,000 +8.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $14,900,000 -12%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $19,800,000 +0.51%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.043 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $17,200,000 -19%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $11,600,000 -4.1%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $83,400,000 +4.9%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $125,700,000 +2.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $9,200,000 -3.2%
Additional Paid in Capital $4,279,200,000 +1.5%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $110,000,000 -6.8%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $274,400,000 +13%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $37,100,000

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY