Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI) is -10.43% 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 $24.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.25%.
Currently trading at $24.47, the stock is 2.63% and 8.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.71 million and changing -1.01% at the moment leaves the stock -0.21% off its SMA200. ESI registered -3.78% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -4.97%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $22.5056 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $24.53605.
The stock witnessed a 14.51% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 29.27%, and is 0.00% 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 2.45% over the week and 2.50% over the month.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) has around 5300 employees, a market worth around $5.93B and $2.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.75 and Fwd P/E is 15.24. Profit margin for the company is 11.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 45.92% and -17.83% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.91%).
with sales reaching $587.45M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 0.45% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.70% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.12% in year-over-year returns.
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) Top Institutional Holders
487.0 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 225.34M with Short Float at 3.01%. 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’sDirector. 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.
