---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-21-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:29:27.168688+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions Q3 net sales up 29% to $616M; raises FY adjusted EBITDA guidance to $515-525M

## Summary
- Net sales $616M (+29% YoY); organic sales +13% (Electronics +11%, Industrial +15%).
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.15 (unchanged); adjusted EPS $0.35 vs $0.22; adjusted EBITDA $132M (+25% constant currency).
- Completed Coventya acquisition Sept 1 for $486M net of cash, funded with $400M add-on debt.
- Raised FY2021 guidance: adjusted EBITDA $515-525M, adjusted EPS >$1.35, free cash flow at least $265M.
- Net debt to adjusted EBITDA 3.1x; pro forma post-Coventya below 3.0x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-21-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071421000089/0001590714-21-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071421000089/esi-20211027.htm

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