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 institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Advanced Energy Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Element Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries and 7 mentions for Element Solutions. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Element Solutions' score of 1.47 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Element Solutions has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.2%. 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.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus price target of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 9.42%. Element Solutions has a consensus price target of $27.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.67%. Given Element Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Element Solutions is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
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.
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.
Summary
Element Solutions beats Advanced Energy Industries on 10 of the 18 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 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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