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We have scored 21 news catalysts on Element Solutions Inc (ESI) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jun 22, 2026, when ESI closed +6.8%: “Element Solutions: Buying Into An AI Bottleneck, But At A Fair Price”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.31). Most of the impact sits in price momentum and earnings revision trend.
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Market cap
8.6B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
1.26
52W range
22.86-49.25
Day range
34.38–35.94
Open
34.82
Prev close
35.19
Volume
4.7M
Avg volume
4.7M
Dividend
0.32
IPO
2013-10-22
Analysts publish price targets on ESI, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
7 analyst price targets from $45 to $55
as of 2026-09-06
The market is 25% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about Element Solutions Inc — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of Element Solutions Inc, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Element Solutions Inc (ESI) operates as a multinational specialty chemicals enterprise, with significant business operations in the United States, China, and various international territories. The company's activities are divided into two primary segments: Electronics, and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics division focuses on researching, developing, and supplying advanced chemical formulations and materials essential for a wide spectrum of electronic hardware products. This segment provides crucial supplies for the electronics assembly industry, encompassing solder technologies, fluxes, and various cleaning and attachment solutions. Furthermore, it offers proprietary liquid chemical processes vital for the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs), alongside sophisticated technologies such as advanced copper interconnects, die attachment, wafer bumping processes, and photomask solutions, all indispensable for integrated circuit (IC) fabrication and semiconductor packaging. Key industries served by this segment include mobile communications, computing, automotive, and aerospace equipment. The Industrial & Specialty segment delivers a diverse range of industrial solutions. This includes specialized chemical systems designed to both protect and enhance the aesthetic appeal of metal and plastic surfaces. It also produces consumable chemicals fundamental for image transfer in flexible packaging printing. Additionally, the segment develops chemistries integral to water-based hydraulic control fluids, especially for demanding offshore energy production applications. Its broad customer base extends across end markets such as aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and the oil and gas production sector. Element Solutions Inc, founded in 1785, was formerly known as Platform Specialty Products Corporation before officially changing its name in January 2019.
The price sits 25% below the median analyst target and at the very bottom of the published model range, meaning the market has heard the bull case but is refusing to pay for it.
What the disagreement turns on
Does the Solstice acquisition close on its announced terms, delivering a 15% premium to the current price, and can the available data confirm the semiconductor volume acceleration the deal thesis relies on?
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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