Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI) has a beta value of 1.30 and has seen 2.13 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $4.38B, closed the recent trade at $18.07 per share which meant it gained $0.07 on the day or 0.39% during that session. The ESI stock price is -64.8% off its 52-week high price of $29.78 and 7.19% above the 52-week low of $16.77. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.3 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.35 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Element Solutions Inc (ESI) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.31. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 5 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.33.
Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI) trade information
Sporting 0.39% in the green today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the ESI stock price touched $18.07 or saw a rise of 5.93%. Year-to-date, Element Solutions Inc shares have moved -28.94%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.24%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI) have changed -28.38%. Short interest in the company has seen 7.19 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.4.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $30, which means that the shares’ value could jump 39.77% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $24.0 while the price target rests at a high of $32.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -77.09% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -32.82% from the levels at last check today..
Element Solutions Inc (ESI) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -29.19% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -1.10%.
9 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 576.68M for the current quarter. 9 have an estimated revenue figure of 601.8M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 575M and 612.7M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.29% for the current quarter and -1.10% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 23.87% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -1.22% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 8.94%.
ESI Dividends
Element Solutions Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-17 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.32 at a share yield of 1.77%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.
Element Solutions Inc (NYSE:ESI)’s Major holders
Insiders own 7.34% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 93.95% with a share float percentage of 101.38%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Element Solutions Inc having a total of 502.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are FMR LLC with over 22.8 million shares worth more than $618.44 million. As of 2024-06-30, FMR LLC held 9.4192% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 21.84 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $592.38 million and represent 9.0223% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 5.68% shares in the company for having 13.78 shares of worth $250.6 million while later fund manager owns 6.87 shares of worth $125.02 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.83% of company’s outstanding stock.
