Element Solutions (ESI) Return on Invested Capital (2014 - 2025)

Element Solutions' (ESI) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.17% in Q3 2025, up 10.0% year-on-year from 0.16% in Q3 2024, and up 85.8% quarter-over-quarter from 0.09% in Q2 2025.

Element Solutions (ESI) Return on Invested Capital (2014 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Element Solutions' Return on Invested Capital history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.17% for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 10.0% year-over-year to 0.17% in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.17%, a 10.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at 0.27%, up 13.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.17% in Q3 2025 per ESI's latest filing, from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.17% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.06% (2022), against an average of 0.06%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital advanced 10 bps in 2021 and slipped 7 bps in 2022, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2021, then sank by 32 bps to 0.04% in 2022, then retreated by 22 bps to 0.03% in 2023, then soared by 88 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then jumped by 168 bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ESI Return on Invested Capital figures stand at 0.17% (Q3 2025), 0.09% (Q2 2025), and 0.07% (Q1 2025).

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10 Element Solutions 9.07 Bn 8.89 Bn 322.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2025 0.17%
Jun 30, 2025 0.09%
Mar 31, 2025 0.07%
Dec 31, 2024 0.06%
Sep 30, 2024 0.07%
Jun 30, 2024 0.06%
Mar 31, 2024 0.04%
Dec 31, 2023 0.03%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.03%
Mar 31, 2023 0.04%
Dec 31, 2022 0.04%
Sep 30, 2022 0.04%
Jun 30, 2022 0.04%
Mar 31, 2022 0.06%
Dec 31, 2021 0.06%
Sep 30, 2021 0.08%
Jun 30, 2021 0.11%
Mar 31, 2021 0.01%
Dec 31, 2020 0.01%