Avient vs Element Solutions
Avient reported revenue of $3.3 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.3 times Element Solutions' $2.6 billion in fiscal 2025. Avient's revenue grew 0.6% in its latest year, and Element Solutions' grew 3.8%. Avient had an operating margin of 6.2%, against 13.4% at Element Solutions. Free cash flow was $195 million at Avient and $228 million at Element Solutions.
Side by side
| Avient | Element Solutions | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $3.3B | $2.6B |
| Revenue growth | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 8.0% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 42.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 7.5% |
| Free cash flow | $195M | $228M |
| Free cash flow margin | 6.0% | 8.9% |
| Return on capital | 4.0% | 6.5% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.6x | 2.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $99M | $103M |
| Change in diluted share count | −0.2% | −0.1% |
| Last close | $41.28 | $33.54 |
| P/E at the last close | 22.3× | 39.5× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | — | sold $25.7 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Avient and Element Solutions pages.