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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T16:28:17.906855+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions posts record Adj EBITDA of $535M in FY2024; guides FY2025 Adj EBITDA $520-540M

## Summary
- FY2024 net sales $2.46B (+5% reported, +4% organic); net income $245M (+107%); record Adj EBITDA $535M (+11%).
- Q4 Adj EBITDA $130M (+8%); GAAP EPS $0.23, Adj EPS $0.35; Electronics sales +14% to $401M.
- FY2025 Adj EBITDA guidance range $520M-$540M; Q1 2025 Adj EBITDA ~$125M; expects ~8% growth ex-Graphics and FX headwinds.
- Graphics Solutions sale ($325M) expected to close in Q1 2025; term loan repricing cut rate 25bps, debt reduced by $100M.
- Dividend $0.08/share declared, payable March 17, 2025; returned $78.2M to shareholders via dividends in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071425000020/0001590714-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071425000020/esi-20250218.htm

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