Element Solutions Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:PLQ Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
17 Sep 25	Sell€1,120,277	Matthew Liebowitz	Individual		50,000	€22.41
19 Mar 25	Sell€47,950,920	Martin Franklin	Individual		2,000,000	€23.98

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: PLQ insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of PLQ?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	218,144	0.0842%
Individual Insiders	14,092,628	5.44%
Institutions	244,618,275	94.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 73.78% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
10.6%	BlackRock, Inc.	25,679,560	€588.8m	-3.41%	0.01%
10.6%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	25,620,075	€587.5m	2.76%	0.01%
7.41%	FMR LLC	17,907,730	€410.6m	2.82%	0.02%
4.58%	Martin Franklin	11,057,984	€253.6m	-8.57%	no data
4.48%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	10,821,623	€248.1m	7.09%	0.02%
3.59%	Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	8,663,963	€198.7m	6.39%	0.16%
3.36%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	8,118,175	€186.2m	-8.79%	0.03%
3.03%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	7,329,184	€168.1m	-3.15%	0.01%
2.76%	Gates Capital Management, Inc.	6,670,826	€153.0m	23%	5.15%
1.97%	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	4,748,909	€108.9m	2.15%	0.81%
1.93%	Ilex Capital Partners (Uk) LLP	4,656,299	€106.8m	61.7%	8.16%
1.78%	Locust Wood Capital Advisers, LLC	4,308,630	€98.8m	17.1%	3.1%
1.78%	Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.	4,296,855	€98.5m	-9.8%	0.98%
1.55%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	3,738,851	€85.7m	0.39%	0.01%
1.46%	Wellington Management Group LLP	3,516,810	€80.6m	-34%	0.01%
1.43%	JP Morgan Asset Management	3,454,158	€79.2m	8.78%	0.01%
1.42%	Scopus Asset Management, L.P.	3,426,156	€78.6m	66.3%	2.26%
1.38%	UBS Asset Management AG	3,327,032	€76.3m	182%	0.01%
1.36%	American Century Investment Management Inc	3,279,036	€75.2m	-10.8%	0.04%
1.34%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	3,227,578	€74.0m	6.99%	0.02%
1.31%	Capital Research and Management Company	3,161,581	€72.5m	2.35%	no data
1.26%	Fidelity International Ltd	3,053,399	€70.0m	91.1%	0.03%
1.17%	Glenview Capital Management, LLC	2,816,046	€64.6m	11.2%	1.94%
1.12%	Millennium Management LLC	2,694,036	€61.8m	503%	0.05%
1.11%	Royce & Associates, LP	2,689,467	€61.7m	7.22%	0.63%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/10/06 15:47
End of Day Share Price	2025/10/06 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Element Solutions Inc is covered by 25 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Waqar Syed	ATB Capital Markets
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
Patrick Duffy Fischer	Barclays