Element Solutions vs Solstice Advanced Materials
ESI and SOLS 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 SOLS compare
Solstice Advanced Materials is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Element Solutions ($10.5B against $8.0B).
On earnings, Solstice Advanced Materials is cheaper: it trades at 32.4× trailing earnings, against 38.9× for Element Solutions.
Element Solutions grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (39.6% versus 9.4% for Solstice Advanced Materials).
Solstice Advanced Materials keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.8% compared with 5.9% at Element Solutions.
Both pay dividends: Element Solutions yields 0.97% and Solstice Advanced Materials 0.34%.
Element Solutions scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 7 for Solstice Advanced Materials), 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 | SOLS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.0B | $10.5B |
| Share price | $33.08 | $66.12 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.2% | 40.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 32.3% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.25 | – |
| Employees | 5,200 | 4,100 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 38.9× | 32.4× (better) |
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 2.5× |
| P/B | 2.8× (better) | 6.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 43.9× | 23.5× (better) |
| PEG | 29.96 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 4.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $24.47 | $45.19 |
| Margin of safety | −35.2% (better) | −46.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 39.6% (better) | 9.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.6% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −14.4% | −1.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −14.1% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.6% (better) | 30.9% |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | – |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 7.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 10.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 7.4% | 13.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 (better) | 1.26 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.21 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.78 (better) | 1.38 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.47 (better) | 2.30 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.97% (better) | 0.34% |
| Payout ratio | 38.4% | 473% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 45.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.97% (better) | 0.34% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 84.4% |
| Held by insiders | 5.8% | 0.04% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.9M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.6% | 2.9% |
Go deeper
- ESI stock overview
- ESI income statement
- ESI valuation and score
- SOLS stock overview
- SOLS income statement
- SOLS valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.