Seaport Res Ptn Issues Pessimistic Forecast for ESI Earnings

Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q4 2024 EPS estimates for Element Solutions in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 22nd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.35 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.36. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Element Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $1.45 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Element Solutions’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.70 EPS.

Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $645.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $626.52 million. Element Solutions had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 14.42%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Element Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of Element Solutions from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 16th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Element Solutions from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Element Solutions from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and set a $28.00 price objective (down from $32.00) on shares of Element Solutions in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Element Solutions has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $30.83.

Element Solutions Trading Down 0.7 %

ESI opened at $26.13 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $26.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 2.77 and a current ratio of 3.52. The firm has a market cap of $6.33 billion, a PE ratio of 23.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.30. Element Solutions has a twelve month low of $21.42 and a twelve month high of $29.78.

Element Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. Element Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 28.83%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. US Bancorp DE grew its position in shares of Element Solutions by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 46,005 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,249,000 after acquiring an additional 417 shares during the period. Equitable Trust Co. grew its position in shares of Element Solutions by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 33,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $911,000 after acquiring an additional 733 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Element Solutions by 39.4% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,056 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 864 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC bought a new position in shares of Element Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in shares of Element Solutions by 98.8% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 949 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.32% of the company’s stock.

About Element Solutions

Element Solutions Inc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Electronics, and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and materials for various types of electronics hardware products.