secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Element Solutions Inc (ESI)
CIK:        0001590714
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001590714-25-000020
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071425000020/0001590714-25-000020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071425000020/esi-20250218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590714-25-000020

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