The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Element Solutions Inc shares valued at $7,884,000 were sold by ASHKEN IAN G H on Nov 05 ’25. At $27.00 per share, ASHKEN IAN G H sold 292,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 306,880 shares worth approximately $8.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Ian G. H. Ashken purchased 292,000 shares, netting a total of over 7,892,760 in proceeds.
Before that, Liebowitz Matthew had sold 50,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,327,500, the EVP, Strategy and Head of I&S traded Element Solutions Inc shares for $26.55 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 50,000 shares, worth approximately $1.58 million.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on April 15, 2025, Element Solutions Inc [ESI] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $24. Analysts at Truist upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of April 03, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for ESI. Earlier on January 28, 2025, Truist initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Hold” for ESI stock.
Analyzing ESI Stock Performance
On last trading session, Element Solutions Inc [NYSE: ESI] plunged -0.29% to $27.52. The stock’s lowest price that day was $27.44, but it reached a high of $27.93 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.89%. Over the course of the year, Element Solutions Inc shares have dropped approximately -3.68%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $27.97 on 11/10/25 and a 52-week low of $16.77 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Element Solutions Inc (ESI)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 27.32, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 27.13. In the upper region, resistance lies at 27.83. The next price resistance is at 28.15. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 60.77 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Element Solutions Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Element Solutions Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 2.33 million shares to 10.22 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 7.89 million shares. A jump of 22.84% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.59 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.59.
Which companies own the most shares of Element Solutions Inc (ESI)?
In terms of Element Solutions Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 31.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.13% from the previous closing price of $27.6. Analysts anticipate Element Solutions Inc stock to reach 34 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 30. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Element Solutions Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 14, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $28.
