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ESI Short Interest

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.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
41.1%
Short Ratio
of total volume
46.0%
20-Day Avg
38.4%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.6M
Short Volume
1.5M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 576,774 1,454,132 39.7%
NYSE 51,829 76,600 67.7%
BATS 1,367 2,862 47.8%

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