Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) valuation against sector peers: P/E 37.1 (sector median 23.0), P/B 2.6, EV/EBIT 23.2, free-cash-flow yield 2.4%, P/S 2.2.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Metric	ESI	Sector median	vs median
P/E	37.1	23.0 · n=64	61% above
P/B	2.6	2.0 · n=82	34% above
P/S	2.2	1.2 · n=82	81% above
EV/EBIT	23.2	19.5 · n=50	19% above
Free-cash-flow yield	2.4%	3.7% · n=80	35% below
Dividend yield	1.02%	1.37% · n=89	25% below
Return on equity	7.4%	10.3% · n=84	28% below
Return on invested capital	6.3%	6.4% · n=65	near the median
Gross margin	36.6%	23.9% · n=83	53% above
Net debt / EBITDA	3.21	2.41 · n=60	33% above

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Value factor: 20 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
NEMNewmont	13.6	3.5	—	8.0%	0.9%	9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan	24.9	4.1	14.1	—	0.9%	6/10
ECLEcolab	40.5	8.1	33.4	2.1%	1.0%	7/10
SHWSherwin-Williams	31.1	20.9	—	3.7%	1.2%	8/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals	—	4.9	—	−0.4%	2.4%	1/10
CR CRHCRH plc	17.7	2.5	14.7	4.0%	1.2%	5/10
NUENucor	19.3	2.5	—	2.8%	0.9%	8/10
WCNWaste Connections	41.7	6.0	32.1	2.6%	0.8%	6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials	16.0	2.1	37.7	2.4%	0.6%	1/10
VMCVulcan Materials	32.9	4.3	25.0	2.2%	0.7%	5/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 22 Oct 2026

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