ESI vs. AEIS, LFUS, MKSI, AVNT, DD, DOV, ITT, PH, PNR, 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), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Element Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Element Solutions and 5 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Element Solutions' score of 0.84 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Element Solutions has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 5.13%. Element Solutions' return on equity of 14.14% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 19.45%. Element Solutions has a consensus target price of $27.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.83%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Element Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Element Solutions pays out 32.0% 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 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
