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Element Solutions Inc
1W: -6.2% 1M: -6.1% 3M: -8.1% YTD: +29.6% 1Y: +29.5% 3Y: +87.1% 5Y: +56.8%
$35.03
+1.49 (+4.44%)
After Hours: $34.65 (-0.38, -1.08%)
Weekly Expected Move ±6.1%
$29 $31 $33 $35 $37
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Sell · Power 37 · $8.5B mcap · 228M float · 2.22% daily turnover · Short 41% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 50% of companies Debt: 20.3% of company value Bonds: $136.8M held by 125 funds, 38 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.79 (down 98%), Element Solutions Inc would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.08B against a stock market value of $8.17B.
Distance to default 5.12 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $1.05B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 46.6%; Altman Z 2.44. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$290M -19.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: +2.1%
Capital Expenditures
$62M +9.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +16.6%
Free Cash Flow
$228M -22.5% ▼
5Y CAGR: -0.4%
Dividends Paid
$78M +0.5% ▲
Buybacks
$25M +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$267M +281.0% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$203M$187M$118M$244M$191M
Depreciation & Amort.$164M$161M$167M$158M$0
Stock-Based Comp.$40M$18M$9M$15M$0
Change in Working Capital-$63M-$99M-$600K-$12M-$78M
Other Non-Cash Items-$22M$31M$42M-$41M$178M
Operating Cash Flow$322M$298M$336M$364M$290M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$46M-$48M-$53M-$68M-$62M
Acquisitions (Net)-$536M-$23M-$215M-$4M$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$14M-$5M$17M-$2M$348M
Investing Cash Flow-$569M-$75M-$250M-$74M$286M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$388M-$16M$33M-$112M-$203M
Stock Repurchased-$20M-$151M$0$0-$25M
Dividends Paid-$62M-$78M-$77M-$78M-$78M
Other Financing-$16M-$30M-$14M-$16M-$15M
Financing Cash Flow$290M-$276M-$59M-$207M-$320M
Net Change in Cash$38M-$64M$24M$70M$267M
Cash End of Period$330M$266M$289M$359M$626M
Free Cash Flow$276M$250M$283M$294M$228M

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