Element Solutions (STU:PLQ) Quality Rank

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STU:PLQ Element Solutions Inc STU:PLQ
81 GF Score
Price €35.40
GF Value €27.29
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Element Solutions Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

Element Solutions Quality Rank Related Terms

STU:PLQ
81GF Score
Element Solutions Inc STU:PLQ
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Is Element Solutions (STU:PLQ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Element Solutions stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €35.40 is trading 29.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of €27.29. GuruFocus considers Element Solutions to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for STU:PLQ:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: €27.29 vs. price of €35.40 (29.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 81/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:PLQ stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Element Solutions Business Description

Other Exchanges ESI:USA
Address 500 South Pointe Drive, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 33394
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's reportable segments are Electronics and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment, which generates maximum revenue, researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and process technologies for all types of electronics hardware, from complex printed circuit board designs to semiconductor packaging. This segment's wet chemicals for metallization, surface treatments, and solderable finishes form the physical circuitry pathways, and its assembly materials, such as solder, pastes, fluxes, and adhesives, join those pathways together.
81GF Score

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€35.40
Price
€27.29
GF Value