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ESI vs SLI

Side-by-side comparison of Element Solutions Inc. (ESI) and Standard Lithium Ltd. (SLI): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ESI and SLI operate in Major Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ESI is the larger of the two at $11.20B, about 13.5x SLI ($830.9M).
  • Over the past year, ESI is up 114.1% and SLI is up 80.3% - ESI leads by 33.8 points.
  • SLI has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for ESI).
  • ESI has more recent analyst coverage (20 ratings vs 5 for SLI).
PerformanceESI+114.06%SLI+80.26%
2025-06-20+0.00%2026-06-18
MetricESISLI
Company
Element Solutions Inc.
Standard Lithium Ltd.
Price
$45.97+1.58%
$3.42-1.01%
Market cap
$11.20B
$830.9M
1M return
+16.44%
-4.60%
1Y return
+114.06%
+80.26%
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
AMEX
IPO
2014
2021
News (4w)
1
3
Recent ratings
20
5
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.

SLI

Standard Lithium Ltd.

Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project where it operates approximately 150,000 acres of brine leases located in south-western Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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