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ESI vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, NGVT, and BAK

Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include ICL Group (ICL), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Ingevity (NGVT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Element Solutions vs.

Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Element Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Element Solutions and 16 mentions for ICL Group. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat ICL Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Element Solutions
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
ICL Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Element Solutions has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ICL Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Element Solutions pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICL Group pays out 51.6% 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.

Element Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $26.38, indicating a potential upside of 22.13%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than ICL Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Element Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
ICL Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ICL Group received 183 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Element SolutionsOutperform Votes
68
47.89%
Underperform Votes
74
52.11%
ICL GroupOutperform Votes
251
55.53%
Underperform Votes
201
44.47%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Element Solutions$2.48B2.12$118.10M$1.1918.15
ICL Group$6.87B1.22$647M$0.3120.55

92.3% of Element Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Element Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.94% compared to ICL Group's net margin of 5.83%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.68% beat ICL Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Element Solutions9.94% 14.68% 7.08%
ICL Group 5.83%8.31%4.39%

Summary

Element Solutions beats ICL Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricElement Solutionschemical products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.24B$1.33B$3.08B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.45%1.49%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio21.1720.4467.8834.53
Price / Sales2.12272.4425,591,212,775,269,400.0034.83
Price / Cash12.8972.0324.3417.51
Price / Book2.186.835.214.69
Net Income$118.10M$65.82M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.33%2.98%2.45%-1.74%
1 Month Performance14.87%27.88%5.51%7.50%
1 Year Performance-9.42%41.56%16.98%4.15%

Element Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Element Solutions
4.8108 of 5 stars
$21.60
+1.1%
$26.38
+22.1%
-11.3%$5.24B$2.48B21.175,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ICL
ICL Group
2.6012 of 5 stars
$6.86
-0.8%
$6.75
-1.5%
+37.4%$9.01B$6.84B22.1113,200Earnings Report
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.8698 of 5 stars
$32.67
+5.1%
$40.60
+24.3%
-10.4%$7.14B$5.28B18.3612,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
N/A$5.85
+0.1%
N/A+23.3%$6.29B$1.21B73.061,470High Trading Volume
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.1405 of 5 stars
$329.28
+5.8%
$342.50
+4.0%
+25.9%$5.53B$858.61M39.342,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
AVNT
Avient
4.6082 of 5 stars
$39.06
+6.1%
$46.80
+19.8%
-21.0%$3.58B$3.24B21.359,700News Coverage
Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.84 of 5 stars
$34.48
+6.3%
$46.88
+35.9%
-39.3%$2.32B$3.70B14.931,300Gap Up
CC
Chemours
4.7434 of 5 stars
$11.96
+8.1%
$18.33
+53.4%
-62.0%$1.79B$5.79B20.976,600Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.3732 of 5 stars
$11.86
+2.1%
$16.00
+34.9%
+45.2%$1.76B$573.95M-84.71240News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
NGVT
Ingevity
3.3813 of 5 stars
$43.04
+6.4%
$52.75
+22.6%
-18.9%$1.57B$1.35B-3.642,050Positive News
BAK
Braskem
2.492 of 5 stars
$3.81
+5.1%
$9.75
+156.2%
-53.7%$1.52B$77.41B-1.078,310Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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