ESI vs. ICL, AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, PCT, CC, and NGVT
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), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Element Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
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.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Element Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.68%. ICL Group has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.57%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than ICL Group.
ICL Group received 182 more outperform votes than Element Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote while only 48.25% of users gave Element Solutions an outperform vote.
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.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 11 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Element Solutions and 0 mentions for ICL Group. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat ICL Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Element Solutions beats ICL Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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