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Element Solutions Inc Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 22 Nov 2022.
Element Solutions Inc: what insiders have been doing
Every trade that managers of Element Solutions Inc disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Chemicals & Materials sector and is based in Miami, United States. It was founded in 2013. In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 18 filings came from 8 insiders.
All open-market trades in the period are sales: 4 sales worth €19.4M, by 4 insiders, with no purchase on record. At €6.9M, the sale published on 7 November 2025 by Ashken Ian G H is the largest of the period.
Typically, a trade is published a median of 2 days after it takes place. Section 16 rules allow two business days to file each Form 4. Keep in mind that insiders sell for many reasons unrelated to the outlook, from tax bills to estate planning.
With 18 filings in twelve months, the company is quieter than the median of 19 filings across the 5,816 companies we follow on the same exchange. Our records for Element Solutions Inc go back to 2021, with 2 purchases and 12 sales on the open market in total. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts revenue at 2.55 bn USD and net income at 190.8 m USD, and the dividend at 0.32 USD per share.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Culp Inc. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Insider Decl.
97
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€8M
2 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€63M
12 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleBenjamin Gliklich1 sale
Carey J. Dorman1 sale
E. Stanley Oneal1 sale
Ian G. H. Ashken1 sale
Martin E. Franklin1 sale
Matthew Liebowitz1 sale
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Element Solutions Inc Buy (bullish), based on 8 analysts. Average price target: US$46.88.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 14,543 of 24,148 companies
45.4
score / 100
Value40
Quality51
FCF yld2.7%
Earn yld2.2%
EV/EBITDA21.6x
ROE6.5%
Gross mgn42%
Net mgn7.5%
Debt/EBITDA3.5x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$34.93
Analyst consensus
8 analystsBuy
US$44.00Target US$46.88(+34%)US$49.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$2.6B
Gross profitUS$1.1B42% margin
EBITDAUS$470.2M18% margin
Net incomeUS$190.8M5.7% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)47.2x
PER (forward)16.8x
P/Book3.0x
Beta1.27
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$8.5B
Total debtUS$1.6B
Free Cash FlowUS$227.6M
Debt / Equity75%
Profitability & ownership
ROE6.5%
ROA4.6%
% insiders6.5%
% institutions105.7%
Last declaration on 5 May 2026
Declarations97 total
6,539 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000052:0
6,539 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000052:1
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170,000 shares@ US$37.3052.8% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000023:0
97,500 shares@ US$34.8777.0% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000022:0
143,564 shares@ US$35.52100.0% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000021:0
13,582 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000015:0
45,273 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000014:0
27,166 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000013:0
158,454 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000012:0
27,166 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-26-000011:0
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160,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000103:0
750,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000102:0
225,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000101:0
90,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000100:0
240,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000099:0
292,000 shares@ US$27.00100.0% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000088:0
50,000 shares@ US$26.55100.0% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0002009347-25-000003:0
19,380 shares@ US$10.594.7% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001770349-25-000003:0
74,564 shares@ US$12.257.6% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001630320-25-000003:0
33,719 shares@ US$11.3453.5% of flowCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001390463-25-000003:0
1,037,000 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0000940603-25-000009:0
6,045 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000066:0
6,045 sharesCommon Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSEC:0001590714-25-000065:0
25 of 97 declarations
About Element Solutions Inc
Element Solutions Inc. (ticker: ESI) is a U.S.-listed specialty chemicals and materials company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the United States. For French-, Belgian- and Swiss-based investors, the company is best understood as a niche industrial enabler: its products are typically consumed in manufacturing processes, which supports recurring replenishment demand and makes the business closely tied to customer production cycles rather than consumer end-markets. Element Solutions was incorporated in Delaware in January 2014, but its operating heritage stretches back much further through legacy businesses such as MacDermid, Alpha Metals, Enthone and other historically important names in surface treatment and electronics materials. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000018/esi-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai))
The company’s headquarters are in Miami Beach, Florida, while SEC filings also reference Norwalk, Connecticut for certain administrative and mailing functions, reflecting the multi-site footprint created by years of acquisitions and business integration. Element Solutions describes itself as a global and diversified specialty chemicals technology company. Its operations are organized into two reportable segments: Electronics and Specialties. The Electronics segment, operated through MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, supplies specialty chemistries and process materials used in printed circuit boards, advanced semiconductor packaging, datacenter hardware, mobile devices, automotive electronics and aerospace-related applications. The Specialties segment covers a broader set of industrial specialty chemical and materials solutions, including surface treatment and performance-oriented products. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000018/esi-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai))
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From a competitive standpoint, ESI’s strength lies in formulation know-how, application engineering and long-standing customer relationships. Its products include wet chemistries for metallization and surface treatments, solderable finishes, assembly materials such as solder paste, fluxes and adhesives, and other high-value process materials that are critical to the reliability and yield of electronics manufacturing. This positions the company in markets with high qualification barriers, sticky customer relationships and meaningful switching costs. In practice, that tends to support margin resilience and makes Element Solutions a differentiated supplier rather than a commodity chemical producer. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000018/esi-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai))
Recent developments have centered on portfolio optimization and electronics-led growth. In 2025, the company completed the sale of its flexographic printing plate business, MacDermid Graphics Solutions, for approximately $320 million to $325 million, with proceeds intended to reduce leverage and support broader capital allocation priorities. In February 2026, Element Solutions reported 2025 full-year results, including net sales of $2.55 billion, and introduced 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $650 million to $670 million. Management also highlighted strong demand from datacenter infrastructure and high-performance computing, and the company announced the planned acquisition of Micromax from Celanese to strengthen its Electronics platform. ([ir.elementsolutionsinc.com](https://ir.elementsolutionsinc.com/Investors/news/news-details/2026/Element-Solutions-Inc-Announces-2025-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-Financial-Results/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))
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