Seaport Res Ptn Issues Negative Estimate for ESI Earnings

Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Element Solutions in a report issued on Monday, April 21st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.34. The consensus estimate for Element Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $1.45 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Element Solutions’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on ESI. KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of Element Solutions from $29.00 to $28.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Truist Financial raised shares of Element Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $28.00 to $24.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Barclays cut their price objective on Element Solutions from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 27th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Element Solutions from $31.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Element Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.88.

Element Solutions Price Performance

ESI opened at $18.80 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.43, a PEG ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 1.28. The company has a current ratio of 3.34, a quick ratio of 2.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $23.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.40. Element Solutions has a 12-month low of $16.77 and a 12-month high of $29.78.

Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35. Element Solutions had a return on equity of 14.68% and a net margin of 9.94%. The company had revenue of $624.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $598.24 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Element Solutions

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its position in shares of Element Solutions by 79.0% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 60,612 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,541,000 after purchasing an additional 26,753 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Element Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $423,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Element Solutions by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,328,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,224,000 after acquiring an additional 29,253 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Element Solutions by 18.6% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 74,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,900,000 after acquiring an additional 11,702 shares during the period. Finally, Boston Partners purchased a new stake in Element Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at $24,169,000. 92.32% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Element Solutions

In other news, Director Martin E. Franklin sold 2,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.10, for a total value of $52,200,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 109,100 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,847,510. This represents a 94.83 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 7.90% of the company’s stock.

Element Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.70%. Element Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 31.37%.

About Element Solutions

Element Solutions Inc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Electronics, and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and materials for various types of electronics hardware products.