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ESI ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 28618M106 · Sector: Materials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
494
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+52
Last quarter 442 → now 494
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 95% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

494 funds held ESI at the end of 2026Q2, up 52 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 95.0% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $2.8B(YoY +13.0%), the P/E is 55.5x, return on equity is 5.4%. ESI has had 9 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +12.6% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Materials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2017Q1: holders=1 2017Q2: holders=1 2017Q3: holders=1 2017Q4: holders=1 2018Q1: holders=1 2018Q2: holders=1 2018Q3: holders=1 2018Q4: holders=7 2019Q1: holders=199 2019Q2: holders=180 2019Q3: holders=162 2019Q4: holders=199 2020Q1: holders=189 2020Q2: holders=191 2020Q3: holders=203 2020Q4: holders=226 2021Q1: holders=237 2021Q2: holders=240 2021Q3: holders=241 2021Q4: holders=260 2022Q1: holders=263 2022Q2: holders=259 2022Q3: holders=251 2022Q4: holders=279 2023Q1: holders=278 2023Q2: holders=266 2023Q3: holders=250 2023Q4: holders=277 2024Q1: holders=298 2024Q2: holders=321 2024Q3: holders=336 2024Q4: holders=378 2025Q1: holders=365 2025Q2: holders=355 2025Q3: holders=377 2025Q4: holders=394 2026Q1: holders=442 2026Q2: holders=494 -192 -96 +0 +96 +192 0260519 17Q118Q119Q120Q121Q122Q123Q124Q125Q126Q126Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 9 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2026Q1 Top 5%
2025Q3 Top 20% +42.8% +63.5%
2024Q4 Top 20% -14.2% -3.6%
2024Q2 Top 20% +10.9% +8.5%
2024Q1 Top 20% +8.1% +18.7%
2022Q4 Top 20% -7.9% -3.9%
2019Q4 Top 20% -20.2% -8.1%
2019Q1 Top 1% in the market -14.8% +13.1%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
212
Change in large funds
+22
Total value they hold
$12.1B
Funds buying for the first time
100
Funds that sold out entirely
48
Price change that quarter
-13.5%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
4
Funds holding calls (bullish)
6

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
55.5
EPS (TTM)
$0.62
EPS YoY
-47.5%
Revenue (TTM)
$2.8B
Revenue YoY
+13.0%
Net margin
5.3%
ROE
5.4%
Debt ratio
52.1%
FCF (TTM)
Dividend (TTM)
$0.32
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-06-30: EPS 0.26 2022-09-30: EPS 0.22 2022-12-31: EPS 0.05 2023-03-31: EPS 0.18 2023-06-30: EPS 0.12 2023-09-30: EPS -0.13 2023-12-31: EPS 0.32 2024-03-31: EPS 0.23 2024-06-30: EPS 0.39 2024-09-30: EPS 0.17 2024-12-31: EPS 0.22 2025-03-31: EPS 0.40 2025-06-30: EPS 0.20 2025-09-30: EPS 0.16 2025-12-31: EPS 0.03 2026-03-31: EPS 0.23 0M 420M 840M $M -0.14 0.15 0.44 20192020202120222023202420252026 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 31 17 55 94 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
-171M7M185M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $-92M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-03-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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