Seaport Res Ptn Has Bullish Forecast for ESI Q2 Earnings

Element Solutions Inc. (NYSE:ESI - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn increased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Element Solutions in a report issued on Monday, July 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the company will earn $0.37 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.33. The consensus estimate for Element Solutions' current full-year earnings is $1.45 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Element Solutions' FY2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Element Solutions from $30.00 to $27.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Element Solutions from $25.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on shares of Element Solutions from $34.00 to $30.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Bank of America raised shares of Element Solutions from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $29.00 to $24.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of Element Solutions from $29.00 to $28.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Element Solutions presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $26.25.

Element Solutions Trading Up 1.4%

ESI stock traded up $0.35 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $25.11. 2,001,953 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,032,891. The company has a current ratio of 3.95, a quick ratio of 3.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. Element Solutions has a 52-week low of $16.77 and a 52-week high of $29.78. The company has a market cap of $6.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.10, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.23. The stock's fifty day moving average is $22.16 and its 200-day moving average is $23.33.

Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.01. Element Solutions had a net margin of 11.56% and a return on equity of 14.42%. The company had revenue of $593.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $576.73 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.34 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Element Solutions by 12.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,932,851 shares of the company's stock valued at $563,732,000 after buying an additional 2,688,056 shares during the last quarter. Gates Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Element Solutions by 101.9% in the 1st quarter. Gates Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,424,745 shares of the company's stock valued at $122,653,000 after buying an additional 2,738,250 shares during the last quarter. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC grew its stake in Element Solutions by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC now owns 5,026,543 shares of the company's stock valued at $127,825,000 after buying an additional 146,570 shares during the last quarter. Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC grew its stake in Element Solutions by 15.9% in the 1st quarter. Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC now owns 3,680,449 shares of the company's stock valued at $83,215,000 after buying an additional 505,983 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Element Solutions by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,555,852 shares of the company's stock valued at $90,456,000 after buying an additional 14,339 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.32% of the company's stock.

Element Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. Element Solutions's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.89%.

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.