Element Solutions price to free cash flow ESI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2017.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 58.8×
10-year median: 21.9×
Against its 10-year history: 89th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.1× to 98.7×
Peer median: 19.7×

Element Solutions' price to free cash flow is 58.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 21.9×, higher than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.1× in Sep 2020 to 98.7× in Jan 2019.

The median for 10 chemicals stocks of a similar size is 19.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	58.8×	23.3×	92.6×
2025	23.1×	15.1×	24.8×
2024	22.7×	19.8×	25.8×
2023	20.6×	13.8×	20.9×
2022	16.6×	16.0×	24.3×
2021	23.9×	17.5×	27.6×
2020	18.3×	10.1×	34.6×
2019	32.1×	23.6×	98.7×
2018	85.0×	12.5×	98.1×
2017	12.5×	11.9×	31.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals nearest Element Solutions' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
ESIElement Solutions	58.8×
EMNEastman Chemical	13.8×
HXLHexcel	23.6×
ALBAlbemarle	8.2×
BCPCBalchem	n/m
CSWCSW Industrials	33.4×
CBTCabot	13.6×
AVNTAvient	19.7×
DDDuPont de Nemours	65.2×
WDFCWD 40	35.9×
DOWDow	14.7×
Peer median	19.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

Price to free cash flow over time

Year by year

Against its peers

What the price to free cash flow tells you

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