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ESI vs. AEIS, LFUS, MKSI, AVNT, DD, DOV, EMN, ITT, PH, and TEL

Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Littelfuse (LFUS), MKS (MKSI), Avient (AVNT), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Dover (DOV), Eastman Chemical (EMN), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and TE Connectivity (TEL).

Element Solutions vs. Its Competitors

Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Element Solutions has a net margin of 11.56% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 4.73%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.42% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Advanced Energy Industries4.73% 10.70% 5.48%
Element Solutions 11.56%14.42%7.14%

Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Element Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Element Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Energy Industries$1.48B3.64$54.21M$1.9473.84
Element Solutions$2.46B2.44$244.20M$1.1920.77

In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries and Advanced Energy Industries both had 19 articles in the media. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 1.07 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Advanced Energy Industries
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Element Solutions
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $130.20, suggesting a potential downside of 9.11%. Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $27.13, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Advanced Energy Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Element Solutions pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Element Solutions beats Advanced Energy Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricElement SolutionsCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.99B$15.61B$3.25B$20.85B
Dividend Yield1.30%2.01%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio20.7717.41106.1727.56
Price / Sales2.443.1330,017,513,221,228,500.0059.11
Price / Cash11.7413.2423.8622.29
Price / Book2.503.146.004.66
Net Income$244.20M$421.06M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.08%-2.09%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance15.77%4.53%5.33%4.90%
1 Year Performance-8.27%7.02%26.70%11.14%

Element Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Element Solutions
4.2729 of 5 stars
$24.72
+0.1%
$27.13
+9.7%
-7.5%$5.99B$2.46B20.775,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEIS
Advanced Energy Industries
4.4108 of 5 stars
$141.48
+0.5%
$126.89
-10.3%
+27.8%$5.33B$1.48B72.9310,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.2783 of 5 stars
$231.77
-0.9%
$252.25
+8.8%
-12.2%$5.73B$2.21B53.6516,000
MKSI
MKS
4.7588 of 5 stars
$104.68
-1.7%
$118.80
+13.5%
-18.7%$7.06B$3.65B31.2510,200
AVNT
Avient
4.7207 of 5 stars
$33.59
-1.8%
$46.80
+39.3%
-28.6%$3.07B$3.24B31.399,200Positive News
DD
DuPont de Nemours
4.6864 of 5 stars
$74.91
-0.8%
$87.77
+17.2%
-5.9%$31.35B$12.39B-394.2424,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOV
Dover
4.8181 of 5 stars
$188.76
-0.1%
$208.58
+10.5%
+0.9%$25.88B$7.73B11.3724,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.7911 of 5 stars
$78.90
-1.7%
$97.08
+23.0%
-21.8%$9.11B$9.38B10.0414,000
ITT
ITT
4.5095 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+15.0%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.4115 of 5 stars
$712.31
-0.4%
$735.88
+3.3%
+31.9%$91.02B$19.93B27.4361,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.6504 of 5 stars
$176.29
-0.5%
$173.30
-1.7%
+14.4%$52.28B$15.85B38.7587,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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