---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-24-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:33:44.849719+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions Q1 adjusted EBITDA up 17% constant currency; raises FY guidance to $515-530M

## Summary
- Net sales $575M (flat YoY); organic +1%; GAAP net income $56M vs $43M; diluted EPS $0.23 vs $0.18.
- Adjusted EBITDA $127M, +13% reported/+17% constant currency; margin 22.1% (+260 bps). Adjusted EPS $0.34 vs $0.30.
- Electronics segment sales +3% (organic +4%); Industrial & Specialty -4% (organic -3%).
- FY2024 guidance raised: adj. EBITDA $515-530M, free cash flow $280-300M; Q2 adj. EBITDA ~$125M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-24-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+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/1590714/000159071424000087/0001590714-24-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000087/esi-20240429.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Element Solutions Inc reported three months ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $575 million, net income $56 million, EPS $0.23. Guidance raised.
  - Period: three months ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $575 million
  - Net income: $56 million
  - EPS: $0.23
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: (EX-99.1 2024.3.31 EARNINGS RELEASE) --- 2024.3.31 EARNINGS RELEASE Document EXHIBIT 99.1 Element Solutions Inc Announces 2024 First Quarter Financial Results • Net sales of $575 million, approximately flat on a reported basis or a 1% increase on an organic basis from the first quarter of 2023 • Reported net income of $56 million, compared to $43 million in the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000087/0001590714-24-000087-index.htm

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