ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC ESI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 28618M106 · ISIN US28618M1062
American chemicals production company
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryMiscellaneous Chemical Products
- HeadquartersMiami Beach, FL
- Founded2013
- Websiteplatformspecialtyproducts.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($35.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 242.0m as of 2025-10-16, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $25.17. Options: 3 managers hold calls ($75.0k notional), 5 hold puts ($11.7m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 255 |
| Q4 2022 | 282 |
| Q1 2023 | 280 |
| Q2 2023 | 268 |
| Q3 2023 | 252 |
| Q4 2023 | 278 |
| Q1 2024 | 298 |
| Q2 2024 | 322 |
| Q3 2024 | 336 |
| Q4 2024 | 376 |
| Q1 2025 | 366 |
| Q2 2025 | 355 |
| Q3 2025 | 377 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 136 | 127 |
| Q1 2024 | 139 | 153 |
| Q2 2024 | 174 | 134 |
| Q3 2024 | 188 | 138 |
| Q4 2024 | 203 | 150 |
| Q1 2025 | 201 | 186 |
| Q2 2025 | 198 | 193 |
| Q3 2025 | 210 | 157 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $24.4m | $1.2m | 0.05 |
| Q1 2025 | $7.1m | $16.6m | 2.35 |
| Q2 2025 | $613.4k | $3.1m | 4.97 |
| Q3 2025 | $75.0k | $11.7m | 156.03 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +4.6m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +2.0m |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +1.7m |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +1.4m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Added | +1.1m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +955.6k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +916.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +820.5k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | Added | +577.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP | Reduced | -3.9m |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. | Reduced | -2.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP | Sold out | -1.2m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Jain Global LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -939.4k |
| Appian Way Asset Management LP | Reduced | -848.7k |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -608.9k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -499.2k |
Biggest calls
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $42.8k1.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Unchanged | $25.2k1.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $7.0k300 shares |
Biggest puts
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | $8.8m350.0k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | Unchanged | $2.5m100.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $304.0k12.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $57.9k2.3k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Unchanged | $7.6k300 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-04-03 | 10.7% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution filed 2025-02-12 | 7.6% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.6% |
| Invesco Ltd. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), FRANKLIN MARTIN E (4.6%, 2026-03-23)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $222.3k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $52.2m | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 4 | $7.6m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | Gliklich Benjamin President and CEO, director | Sold | $3.1m117.6k shares |
| 2025-09-18 | Capps John Edward EVP, General Counsel & Sec. | Sold | $2.1m77.7k shares |
| 2025-09-18 | Dorman Carey J. EVP, CFO | Sold | $1.1m40.7k shares |
| 2025-09-17 | Liebowitz Matthew EVP, Strategy and Head of I&S | Sold | $1.3m50.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.0m $653.6m | Added +285.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.4m $639.7m | Reduced -206.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 17.7m $444.6m | Reduced -247.7k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 9.8m $247.2m | Reduced -456.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 9.1m $229.8m | Added +466.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 8.3m $207.8m | Added +139.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.1m $205.0m | Added +4.6m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.1m $178.2m | Reduced -250.6k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 5.0m $125.7m | Added +243.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.9m $123.9m | Added +2.0m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $121.5m | Added +1.1m |
| LOCUST WOOD CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC 3.25% of their portfolio | 4.7m $118.9m | Added +413.8k |
| FIL Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 4.5m $112.5m | Added +1.4m |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $111.4m | Added +129.6k |
| Gates Capital Management, Inc. 3.29% of their portfolio | 4.2m $106.3m | Reduced -2.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.2m $105.6m | Added +916.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $95.4m | Added +562.3k |
| Capital World Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $82.6m | Added +120.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $76.0m | Reduced -499.2k |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 1.78% of their portfolio | 3.0m $74.9m | Reduced -450.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.67% of their portfolio | 2.7m $67.3m | Reduced -14.5k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.92% of their portfolio | 2.5m $64.1m | Added +32.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $63.8m | Added +81.1k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 2.5m $62.3m | Reduced -108.6k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 2.4m $60.6m | Reduced -147.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.3m $59.1m | Added +1.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3m $58.0m | Added +306.4k |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.35% of their portfolio | 2.2m $55.6m | Reduced -608.9k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $55.5m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $51.8m | Added +437.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $51.2m | Added +820.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $47.8m | Added +6.5k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $45.5m | Added +1.1m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $45.0m | Reduced -15.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $41.9m | Added +955.6k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 1.35% of their portfolio | 1.7m $41.6m | Added +3.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $40.0m | Reduced -57.1k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.5m $37.5m | Reduced -178.5k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.4m $36.4m | Added +577.9k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $34.8m | Added +46.6k |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.3m $33.1m | Added +30.1k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.2m $31.1m | Added +193.5k |
| EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 1.1m $28.1m | Added +41.1k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.1m $28.1m | Added +454.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $27.4m | Reduced -11.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $26.1m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Albar Capital Partners LLP 5.95% of their portfolio | 1.0m $26.1m | Reduced -15.7k |
| SG Capital Management LLC 2.59% of their portfolio | 1.0m $25.8m | Reduced -133.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $25.7m | Reduced -234.3k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.09% of their portfolio | 968.8k $24.4m | Added +155.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 947.2k $23.8m | Added +237.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 899.1k $22.6m | Reduced -939.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 892.1k $22.5m | Reduced -1.8m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.08% of their portfolio | 885.9k $22.3m | Added +125.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 883.7k $22.2m | Added +37.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 881.4k $22.2m | Added +79.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 824.7k $20.8m | Added +254.4k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.03% of their portfolio | 730.0k $18.4m | Reduced -75.0k |
| Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP 0.58% of their portfolio | 718.6k $18.1m | Reduced -3.9m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 712.8k $17.9m | Reduced -379.1k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 677.2k $17.0m | Reduced -8.7k |
| Appian Way Asset Management LP 3.56% of their portfolio | 650.9k $16.4m | Reduced -848.7k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 0.31% of their portfolio | 623.1k $15.7m | Added +580 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 607.9k $15.3m | Reduced -20.2k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 602.1k $15.2m | Reduced -1.1m |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 596.5k $15.0m | Reduced -3.9k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.09% of their portfolio | 591.9k $14.9m | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 559.3k $14.1m | Added +15.5k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 551.5k $13.9m | Reduced -103.6k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 539.6k $13.6m | Added +110.8k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 536.4k $13.5m | Added +510.7k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 530.9k $13.4m | Added +57.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 518.6k $13.1m | Reduced -30.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 512.3k $12.9m | Added +49.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 506.0k $12.7m | Added +11.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 446.7k $11.2m | Added +6.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 445.6k $11.2m | Added +32.9k |
| HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 441.5k $11.1m | Added +637 |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 407.4k $10.3m | Added +243.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 404.6k $10.4m | Added +251.0k |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP 0.45% of their portfolio | 370.7k $9.3m | Reduced -112.9k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 362.2k $9.1m | Added +184.0k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 327.2k $8.2m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 319.1k $8.0m | Added +24.1k |
| Parkside Investments, LLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 298.6k $7.5m | Reduced -150 |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC 1.41% of their portfolio | 294.5k $7.4m | Reduced -17.3k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 293.4k $7.3m | Added +422 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 272.7k $6.9m | Added +5.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 266.9k $6.7m | Added +5.8k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 260.4k $6.6m | Added +481 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.0k $6.5m | Added +7.2k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 255.6k $6.4m | Added +18.3k |
| Atom Investors LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 239.1k $6.0m | Added +143.4k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 236.1k $5.9m | Reduced -1.9k |
| MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 232.2k $5.8m | Added +64.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.9k $5.7m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 216.0k $5.4m | Reduced -2.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 212.4k $5.3m | Added +11 |
| Candelo Capital Management LP 4.68% of their portfolio | 207.8k $5.2m | New |
| Blue Zone Wealth Advisors, LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 204.1k $5.1m | Reduced -460 |