ESI — Element Solutions Inc

US Materials Specialty chemicals equity mkt cap 8.7B
35.31 -0.65% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 22.99 · high 49.09

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Performance

1 day-0.65%
1 week-9.02%
1 month-7.81%
3 months-12.51%
6 months-0.37%
Year to date+36.12%
1 year+40.96%
3 years+82.48%
5 years+45.91%

Technicals

RSI 1437.1
vs 50-day avg-12.45%
vs 200-day avg+1.72%
Volatility 1y45.0%
Max drawdown 1y-29.13%
Avg volume 30d4.4M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.13%
Paid last 12m0.4000
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2020-11-24

Measured signals that fired on ESI

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-28Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-06Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-15Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-05-04Fraser Christopher T.
Director
Option exercise6.5K0.000
2026-05-04ASHKEN IAN G H
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition6.5K
2026-05-04ASHKEN IAN G H
Director
Other Acquisition/Disposition6.5K
2026-05-04ASHKEN IAN G H
Director
Option exercise6.5K
2026-05-04ONEAL E STANLEY
Director
Option exercise6.5K
2026-05-04Sofronas Susan W.
Director
Option exercise6.5K
2026-05-04Filon Elyse Napoli
Director
Option exercise6.5K
2026-05-04GOSS MICHAEL F
Director
Option exercise6.5K
2026-02-24Gliklich Benjamin
CEO
Open-market sale170.0K37.306.3M
2026-02-23Dorman Carey J.
Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO
Open-market sale97.5K34.873.4M

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.930.4M27.3M
FMR LLC706.2M20.7M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC466.5M13.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC366.1M10.7M
Invesco Ltd.307.0M9.0M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP289.3M8.5M
FIL Ltd275.9M8.1M
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC272.0M8.0M
STATE STREET CORP249.4M7.3M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC178.3M5.2M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d31.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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