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 8.6 times as much as Flotek Industries ($8.3B against $957M).
On earnings, Flotek Industries is cheaper: it trades at 33.0× trailing earnings, against 40.1× for Element Solutions.
Flotek Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (59.3% versus 39.6% for Element Solutions).
Flotek Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.8% compared with 5.9% at Element Solutions.
Element Solutions pays a dividend yielding 0.94%; 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 | $8.3B | $957M |
| Share price | $34.05 | $26.43 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.7% | 73.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 36.1% | 431% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.26 | 1.20 |
| Employees | 5,200 | 158 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 40.1× | 33.0× (better) |
| P/S | 2.4× (better) | 2.7× |
| P/B | 2.9× (better) | 6.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.5× (better) | 20.2× |
| P/FCF | 45.2× | – |
| PEG | 30.84 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.2% | – |
| Fair value | $24.84 | $21.88 |
| Margin of safety | −37.1% | −20.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 39.6% | 59.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.6% | 34.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −14.4% | −3.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −14.1% | −10.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.6% (better) | 23.3% |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 13.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 8.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 7.4% | 24.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 30.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.21 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.5× |
| Current ratio | 2.78 (better) | 2.30 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.52 | 4.35 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.94% | – |
| Payout ratio | 38.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 45.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | −0.02% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.94% (better) | −0.02% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 34.7% |
| Held by insiders | 5.8% | 65.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.9M (better) | −$26.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.6% | 33.9% |
Go deeper
- ESI stock overview
- ESI income statement
- ESI valuation and score
- FTK stock overview
- FTK income statement
- FTK valuation and score
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