Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI) is -14.68% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.77 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 $22.96 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -20.25%.
Currently trading at $2.71M, the stock is 4.69% and 7.10% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.52 million and changing 4522823% at the moment leaves the stock -7.52% off its SMA200. ESI registered -10.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $21.2782 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $24.6435.
The stock witnessed a 6.20% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.43%, and is 6.10% up 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 2.25% over the week and 2.14% over the month.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has around 5300 employees, a market worth around $5.53B and $2.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.33 and Fwd P/E is 14.58. Profit margin for the company is 11.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.90% and -23.47% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.91%).
with sales reaching $586.68M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.83% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.25% in year-over-year returns.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) Top Institutional Holders
488.0 institutions hold shares in Element Solutions Inc (ESI), with institutional investors hold 107.03% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 242.50M, and float is at 224.84M with Short Float at 2.20%. Institutions hold 99.17% 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 9.0223 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 4.7361 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.
