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Element Solutions Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Element Solutions Inc had return on equity of 7.5% and a net margin of 7.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2012Dec 20122014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin6.3%−3.5%−12.1%−2.1%−7.8%−16.5%5.0%4.1%8.5%7.3%5.1%9.9%7.5%5.9%
Return on equity17.0%−2.2%−13.5%−3.0%−10.6%−13.1%4.3%3.3%8.5%7.8%5.1%10.4%7.5%7.4%
Return on assets—−0.7%−4.2%−0.7%−2.9%−3.3%1.3%1.7%4.2%3.7%2.4%5.0%3.8%3.7%
Effective tax rate——————43.5%5.3%19.2%31.5%10.1%15.6%28.1%34.7%
R&D as % of revenue—3.1%2.5%1.3%1.2%2.3%2.3%2.6%2.1%1.9%2.9%2.6%2.6%2.3%
SG&A as % of revenue—42.8%33.7%16.6%15.0%27.8%27.1%27.2%25.5%22.7%25.6%25.6%25.9%22.6%
Dividends ÷ net income——————0.0%16.4%30.4%41.9%65.5%32.0%40.8%38.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.9bn
Short-term assets $1.6bnLonger-term assets $4.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.8bn
Short-term liabilities $567mLonger-term liabilities $2.4bnShareholders' equity $2.9bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.6bn of assets due within a year against $567m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.6bn short-term assets against $2.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $225m of cash against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 72% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 76% to 72% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $283m of operating cash flow against $2.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Element Solutions Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

61 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Element Solutions's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 8 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 13 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 40.3%, moving by 3.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 7 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 12.6%; its worst year was 3.9%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Element Solutions Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 23, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Element Solutions Inc.