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sellModerate cluster of 4

John Edward Capps sold $2.1M of ESI

EVP, General Counsel & Sec. at Element Solutions Inc. 77,674 shares at an average of $26.77, traded Sep 18, 2025, filed Sep 19, 2025.

Warning score
45
Value
$2.1M
77,674 shares
Holdings after
609,790
-11% from before
From 52-week low
+55%
low $17.22, close $26.73
From 52-week high
-7%
high $28.68, as of Sep 18, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $2.1M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 11% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    4 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ESIOct 9, 2026 · close 36.32
Since filing Sep 19, 2025: +38.3%SPY +18.6% · excess +19.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001390463-25-000003, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
+33,719$11.34$382k601,008Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
+25,615$9.52$244k626,623Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
+21,695$13.30$289k648,318Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
+39,146$12.25$480k687,464Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
-77,674$26.77$2.1M609,790Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-33,719$0.00$00Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-25,615$0.00$00Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-21,695$0.00$00Sep 19, 2025
Sep 18, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Option (Right to Buy)derivative
-39,146$0.00$00Sep 19, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Element Solutions Inc and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
ESIsell
Element Solutions Inc
Matthew Liebowitz
President, Specialties
$984k
37,000 shares
-24%
50Moderate
ESIsell
Element Solutions Inc
Ian G H Ashken
director
$7.9M
292,000 shares
-49%
52Moderate
ESIsell 4
Element Solutions Inc
Carey J. Dorman
EVP, CFO
$1.1M
40,725 shares
-16%
55Moderate
ESIsell 4
Element Solutions Inc
Benjamin Gliklich
President and CEO
$3.1M
117,637 shares
-12%
65Notable
ESIsell 4
Element Solutions Inc
Matthew Liebowitz
EVP, Strategy and Head of I&S
$1.3M
50,000 shares
-47%
50Moderate
ESIsell
Element Solutions Inc
Martin E Franklin
director
$52M
2,000,000 shares
-29%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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