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ESI vs LXFR

Side-by-side comparison of Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) and Luxfer Holdings PLC (LXFR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • ESI operates in Industrials, while LXFR operates in Basic Materials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • ESI is the larger of the two at $11.17B, about 25.0x LXFR ($447.7M).
  • Over the past year, ESI is up 105.8% and LXFR is up 58.8% - ESI leads by 47.0 points.
  • LXFR has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while ESI has been quiet.
  • ESI has more recent analyst coverage (20 ratings vs 1 for LXFR).
PerformanceESI+105.81%LXFR+58.85%
2025-06-24+0.00%2026-06-23
MetricESILXFR
Company
Element Solutions Inc.
Luxfer Holdings PLC
Price
$45.88-6.66%
$18.72-1.11%
Market cap
$11.17B
$447.7M
1M return
+13.66%
+17.51%
1Y return
+105.81%
+58.85%
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2014
2012
News (4w)
0
8
Recent ratings
20
1
ESI

Element Solutions Inc.

Element Solutions Inc produces and sells specialty chemical products the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Electronics and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and materials for various types of electronics hardware products. This segment offers electronic assembly materials; circuitry solutions comprising circuit board metallization products, circuit formation products, electronic materials, and surface finishes; and semiconductor solutions. This segment primarily serves mobile communications, computers, automobiles, and aerospace equipment industries. The Industrial & Specialty segment provides industrial solutions, which include chemical systems that protect and decorate metal and plastic surfaces; consumable chemicals that enable printing image transfer on flexible packaging materials; and energy solutions, which consist of chemistries used in water-based hydraulic control fluids for offshore deep-water production and drilling applications. This segment's products include electroless nickel products, plating products, pre-treatment and cleaning solutions, functional conversion coatings, hard-coated films, and water treatment products; solid sheet printing elements and liquid imaging products; and offshore fluids. This segment serves the aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, and oil and gas production end markets. The company was formerly known as Platform Specialty Products Corporation and changed its name to Element Solutions Inc in January 2019. Element Solutions Inc was founded in 1922 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

LXFR

Luxfer Holdings PLC

Luxfer Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies high-performance materials, components, and high-pressure gas containment devices for defense and emergency response, healthcare, transportation, and general industrial end-market applications. It operates in two segments, Gas Cylinders and Elektron. The Gas Cylinders segment manufactures and markets carbon composite cylinders for self-contained breathing apparatus that are used by firefighters and other emergency-responders, as well as scuba divers and personnel in hazardous environments, such as mines; and cylinders used for containment of oxygen and other medical gases used by patients, healthcare facilities, and laboratories. This segment also offers carbon composite cylinders for compressed natural gas and hydrogen containment in alternative fuel vehicles. The Elektron segment focuses on specialty materials based on magnesium, zircon sand, and rare earths. It develops and manufactures magnesium alloys for use in variety of industries; magnesium powders for use in countermeasure flares and heater meals; and magnesium, copper, and zinc photoengraving plates for graphic arts and luxury packaging. This segment also develops and manufactures zirconium-based materials and oxides used as catalysts and in the manufacture of advanced ceramics, fiber-optic fuel cells, and other performance products. Luxfer Holdings PLC has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company was founded in 1898 and is based in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

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