---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590714-25-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESI"
cik: "0001590714"
company_name: "Element Solutions Inc"
filed_at: "2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T08:07:39.143901+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Element Solutions Q1 net sales up 3% to $594M, EPS $0.40 adj $0.34; reaffirms FY adjusted EBITDA $520-540M

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.40 vs $0.23; adjusted EPS $0.34 vs $0.34; net income $98M up 75% YoY.
- Net sales $594M (+3% reported, +5% organic); Electronics $394M (+13% reported, +10% organic); Industrial & Specialty $199M (-12% reported, -2% organic).
- Adjusted EBITDA $128M vs $127M; constant currency +5%; FY guidance $520-540M; Q2 adj EBITDA $120-125M.
- Completed sale of MacDermid Graphics Solutions for $323M net, gain $72.1M; prepaid $200M term loans, reducing debt to $836M.
- Management highlights AI/data center demand strength but warns tariff uncertainty may impact demand; prepared to mitigate cost.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590714-25-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESI
- cik: 0001590714
- company_name: Element Solutions Inc
- filed_at: 2025-04-23T23:59:59+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/1590714/000159071425000038/0001590714-25-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071425000038/esi-20250423.htm

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