Element Solutions Inc is a specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the performance of products people use every day. The company has two segments which are Electronics and Industrial & Specialty. The Industrial & Specialty segment which generates majority of the revenue, includes chemical systems that protect and decorate metal and plastic surfaces; consumable chemicals that enable printing image transfer on flexible packaging materials; and chemistries used in water-based hydraulic control fluids in offshore energy production. Electronics segment researches, formulates and sells specialty chemicals and process technologies for all types of electronics hardware, from complex printed circuit board designs to semiconductor packaging.

Financial Strength

5/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	0.15
Equity-to-Asset	0.47
Debt-to-Equity	0.83
Debt-to-EBITDA	5.39
Interest Coverage	5.15
Piotroski F-Score	5/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	1.85	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.66	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

7/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	9.2
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	5.2
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	5.6
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	5.5
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	0.9
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	10.6
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	3.7

Momentum Rank

9/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	59.13
	9-Day RSI	52.28
	14-Day RSI	49.99
	6-1 Month Momentum %	35.6
	12-1 Month Momentum %	44.52

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	3.63
	Quick Ratio	2.69
	Cash Ratio	0.84
	Days Inventory	83.31
	Days Sales Outstanding	71.44
	Days Payable	37.21

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	1.33
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.41
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	85.7
	Forward Dividend Yield %	1.33
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	1.33
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	0.7
	Shareholder Yield %	-0.17

Profitability Rank

6/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	40.09
	Operating Margin %	11.36
	Net Margin %	5.62
	FCF Margin %	11.81
	ROE %	5.68
	ROA %	2.64
	ROIC %	5.68
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	21.35
	ROCE %	4.13
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	5

GF Value Rank

3/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	44.31
	Forward PE Ratio	17.14
	PE Ratio without NRI	30.76
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	32.32
	PEG Ratio	8.54
	PS Ratio	2.49
	PB Ratio	2.49
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	20.97
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	17.11
	EV-to-EBIT	39.19
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	15.33
	EV-to-EBITDA	20.81
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	14.17
	EV-to-Revenue	3.19
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	3.12
	EV-to-FCF	27.04
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.42
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	1.42
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	5.26
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	2.55
	FCF Yield %	4.76
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	9.86

GF Value: $20.45

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