---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-24-000143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:40:51.886515+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 +8% to $645M; net income $40M vs loss; guides FY adj EBITDA $535-540M

## Summary
- Net sales $645M (+8% reported, +6% organic); Electronics up 14% to $419M; Industrial & Specialty down 3% to $226M.
- Reported net income $40M vs $32M loss in Q3 2023; GAAP diluted EPS $0.17 vs $(0.13); adjusted EPS $0.39 vs $0.36.
- Adjusted EBITDA $143M, +6% reported (+8% constant currency); margin 22.1% down 30 bps.
- FY2024 adjusted EBITDA guidance narrowed to $535-540M, implying record earnings; free cash flow guidance $280-300M.
- Announced $325M sale of MacDermid Graphics Solutions; debt repricing reduced borrowings by $100M and lowered interest rate by 25 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-24-000143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2024-10-28T23:59:59+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/1590714/000159071424000143/0001590714-24-000143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071424000143/esi-20241028.htm

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