Element Solutions vs Flotek Industries
ESI and FTK side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ESI and FTK compare
Element Solutions is the larger company, worth 9.1 times as much as Flotek Industries ($8.4B against $918M).
On earnings, Flotek Industries is cheaper: it trades at 25.6× trailing earnings, against 46.3× for Element Solutions.
Flotek Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (36.8% versus 26.6% for Element Solutions).
Flotek Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.0% compared with 5.7% at Element Solutions.
Element Solutions pays a dividend yielding 0.93%; Flotek Industries does not pay one.
Flotek Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 8 for Element Solutions), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ESI | FTK |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.4B | $918M |
| Share price | $34.27 | $25.35 |
| Change, 1 year | 29.7% | 48.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 31.7% | 267% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.24 | 1.20 |
| Employees | 5,200 | 158 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 46.3× | 25.6× (better) |
| P/S | 2.7× (better) | 3.1× |
| P/B | 3.0× (better) | 7.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.4× (better) | 24.3× |
| P/FCF | 60.6× | – |
| PEG | 35.66 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.6% | – |
| Fair value | $23.24 | $22.18 |
| Margin of safety | −47.5% | −14.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 26.6% | 36.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.6% | 34.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −25.7% | 169% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −26.0% | 125% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.4% (better) | 24.7% |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 12.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 13.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 6.6% | 37.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | 39.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.75 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.45 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 6.9× |
| Current ratio | 2.91 (better) | 1.78 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.48 | 4.44 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.93% | – |
| Payout ratio | 44.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 45.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | −0.02% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.93% (better) | −0.02% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 34.7% |
| Held by insiders | 5.8% | 65.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$25.7M (better) | −$27.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 30.3% |
Go deeper
- ESI stock overview
- ESI income statement
- ESI valuation and score
- FTK stock overview
- FTK income statement
- FTK valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.