ESI Stock — Element Solutions Inc

Element Solutions Inc (ESI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ESI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.91%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.91%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 91/100 (Safe). Total return is 216.0% over the past 13 years, 225.3 points behind SPY at 441.3%.

Element Solutions Inc is a specialty chemicals technology company serving electronics, aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets through two operating segments: MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, which provides assembly, circuitry, and semiconductor materials for mobile and computing devices; and Element Specialties, which offers plating, surface treatment, and energy solutions for aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas applications. The company distributes quarterly at a modest current distribution rate. Element Solutions appeals to income investors seeking exposure to specialty chemicals with a modest yield component.

ESI performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 216.0% over the past 13 years, 225.3 points behind SPY at 441.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 39.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 35.1%.

ESI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

91 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.83%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/22/2013

Distribution rate

0.91%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.91%

5-year average yield

1.26

Last close

$35.05 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$8,541,366,536

Average volume

3772681.0

Dividend

$0.08

Ex-dividend date

09/01/2026

Payment date

09/15/2026

Beta

1.264

Payout ratio

19.3%

P/E ratio

47.36

Forward P/E

16.9779

EPS

$0.74

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.91%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.91%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ESI risks and drawbacks

ESI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 35.1%.

Who may consider ESI — and who may not

ESI may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (ESI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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