---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:55:56.482677+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions reports record 2022 revenue $2.55B; adjusted EPS $1.41; guides 2023 adjusted EBITDA flat

## Summary
- Full-year 2022 net sales $2.55B (+6% reported, +5% organic); GAAP diluted EPS $0.75 vs $0.82 in 2021.
- Adjusted EPS $1.41 (+2% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $527M (+8% constant currency); free cash flow $253M.
- Q4 2022 net sales $574M (-11% reported, +3% organic); adjusted EBITDA $108M (-2% constant currency).
- 2023 guidance: adjusted EBITDA $510M-$530M (flat constant currency); adjusted EPS $1.40-$1.43; FCF ~$275M.
- Repurchased 8.0M shares for ~$151M in 2022; declared $0.08/share dividend payable March 15, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1590714/000159071423000025/0001590714-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071423000025/esi-20230221.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Element Solutions Inc reported fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $574 million, net income $13 million, EPS $0.05. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $574 million
  - Net income: $13 million
  - EPS: $0.05
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: trends propelling our markets forward.” Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights (compared with fourth quarter 2021): • Net sales on a reported basis for the fourth quarter of 2022 were $574 million, a decrease of 11% over the fourth quarter of 2021. Organic net sales increased 3%. ◦ Electronics: Net sales decreased 18% to $338 million. Organic net sales remained
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071423000025/0001590714-23-000025-index.htm

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