Element Solutions Inc.
Element Solutions Inc. is classed by the SEC under Miscellaneous Chemical Products (industry code 2890), based in Miami Beach, FL. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $2.6 billion and a profit of $191 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2890, Miscellaneous Chemical Products); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.9 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 5.7 out of ten, present 6.2 out of ten, future 5.7 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 5.6 out of ten. 1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-03-01. 56th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 5.3 out of ten. +4.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10. 53rd percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 6.5 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 26% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases. 65th percentile among 6 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.8 out of ten. ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar. 58th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.2 out of ten. top 38% of 9 in its family; net margin 7.5%. 62nd percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 7.0 out of ten. top 29% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019. 71st percentile among 7 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 5.9 out of ten. top 41% of 8 in its family for room to expand. 59th percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.7 out of ten. top 43% of 9 in its family for growth drivers. 57th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 5.4 out of ten. top 46% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality. 54th percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-28 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-27 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 8-K, 2026-08-28. Filings on record since 2013. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Electronics 70%, Specialties 30%. By geography: Other countries 58%, China 22%, United States 21%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-18).
Who runs it
Gliklich, Benjamin (CEO); Fricke, Richard L. (President, Electronics); Liebowitz, Matthew (President, Specialties); Dorman, Carey J. (Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO); Capps, John Edward (Of Counsel); Lind, Caroline S. (General Counsel and Secretary); Ashken, Ian G H (director); Filon, Elyse Napoli (director); Franklin, Martin E (director); Fraser, Christopher T. (director); and 3 more. 13 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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