Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI) is -11.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $22.36 and a high of $29.78 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ESI stock was last observed hovering at around $22.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.
Currently trading at $22.57, the stock is -9.61% and -11.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.59 million and changing -0.18% at the moment leaves the stock -14.18% off its SMA200. ESI registered -9.65% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.44%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $25.5262 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $26.29905.
The stock witnessed a -11.14% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.84%, and is -9.39% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.77% over the week and 3.35% over the month.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has around 5300 employees, a market worth around $5.47B and $2.46B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.42 and Fwd P/E is 13.56. Profit margin for the company is 9.94%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.94% and -24.21% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.73%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.00% this year.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) Top Institutional Holders
494.0 institutions hold shares in Element Solutions Inc (ESI), with institutional investors hold 100.71% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 242.20M, and float is at 224.18M with Short Float at 1.21%. Institutions hold 92.83% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 22.8 million shares valued at $618.44 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.4192% of the ESI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 21.84 million shares valued at $592.38 million to account for 9.0335 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 12.31 million shares representing 5.0861% and valued at over $333.94 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.742 of the shares totaling 11.47 million with a market value of $310.96 million.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by FRANKLIN MARTIN E, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that FRANKLIN MARTIN E sold 2,000,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 19 ’25 at a price of $26.10 per share for a total of $52.2 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 19 ’25, MEF Holdings, LLLP (Director) Proposed Sale 1,609,100 shares at an average price of $26.32 for $42.35 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Element Solutions Inc (ESI).
