Compare Stocks: ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ASH Ashland	$73.52 -0.9%	$68.21	$46.29 ▼ $78.25	$3.37B	0.4	834,094 shs	537,829 shs
AVNT Avient	$43.50 -4.2%	$38.23	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.99B	1.27	839,848 shs	859,395 shs
ECVT Ecovyst	$10.31 -0.8%	$12.04	$7.41 ▼ $15.09	$1.13B	1.1	1.79 million shs	1.48 million shs
FUL H. B. Fuller	$59.99 -5.6%	$59.43	$48.71 ▼ $68.63	$3.23B	0.98	650,945 shs	812,438 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ASH Ashland	+0.66%	-1.28%	+8.00%	+35.37%	+37.70%
AVNT Avient	-2.15%	-0.13%	+22.53%	+38.99%	+27.54%
ECVT Ecovyst	-0.53%	+2.88%	-19.67%	-26.15%	+17.61%
FUL H. B. Fuller	+1.34%	+3.70%	+11.29%	+11.72%	+7.86%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ASH Ashland	$73.52 -0.9%	$68.21	$46.29 ▼ $78.25	$3.37B	0.4	834,094 shs	537,829 shs
AVNT Avient	$43.50 -4.2%	$38.23	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.99B	1.27	839,848 shs	859,395 shs
ECVT Ecovyst	$10.31 -0.8%	$12.04	$7.41 ▼ $15.09	$1.13B	1.1	1.79 million shs	1.48 million shs
FUL H. B. Fuller	$59.99 -5.6%	$59.43	$48.71 ▼ $68.63	$3.23B	0.98	650,945 shs	812,438 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ASH Ashland	+0.66%	-1.28%	+8.00%	+35.37%	+37.70%
AVNT Avient	-2.15%	-0.13%	+22.53%	+38.99%	+27.54%
ECVT Ecovyst	-0.53%	+2.88%	-19.67%	-26.15%	+17.61%
FUL H. B. Fuller	+1.34%	+3.70%	+11.29%	+11.72%	+7.86%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ASH Ashland	2.58	Moderate Buy	$73.90	0.52% Upside
AVNT Avient	2.50	Moderate Buy	$46.71	7.39% Upside
ECVT Ecovyst	2.71	Moderate Buy	$13.90	34.82% Upside
FUL H. B. Fuller	2.83	Moderate Buy	$67.86	13.11% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$47.00 ➝ $48.00
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$44.00 ➝ $50.00
8/6/2026	ASH Ashland	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $78.00
8/6/2026	ECVT Ecovyst	BWS Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$16.00
7/31/2026	ASH Ashland	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$85.00
7/31/2026	ASH Ashland	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$50.00 ➝ $70.00
7/30/2026	ASH Ashland	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D-) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/30/2026	ASH Ashland	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$75.00 ➝ $83.00
7/29/2026	ASH Ashland	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $75.00
7/29/2026	ASH Ashland	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$75.00 ➝ $77.00

(Data available from 8/18/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ASH Ashland	$1.84B	1.83	$24.18 per share	3.04	$41.66 per share	1.76
AVNT Avient	$3.33B	1.20	$4.56 per share	9.54	$26.06 per share	1.67
ECVT Ecovyst	$869.25M	1.30	$1.03 per share	9.97	$5.29 per share	1.95
FUL H. B. Fuller	$3.51B	0.92	$7.30 per share	8.22	$37.03 per share	1.62

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ASH Ashland	-$845M	$1.14	64.49	17.30	1.78	2.82%	8.03%	3.31%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
AVNT Avient	$81.90M	$1.85	23.51	12.29	1.34	5.10%	11.64%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ECVT Ecovyst	-$71.13M	-$0.53	N/A	14.12	0.45	-7.05%	13.83%	5.80%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
FUL H. B. Fuller	$151.97M	$3.26	18.40	10.73	0.68	5.29%	12.18%	4.73%	9/23/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AVNT Avient	$0.8930	$0.96	+$0.0670	$0.70	$898.53 million	$917.00 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	ECVT Ecovyst	$0.1873	$0.21	+$0.0227	$0.07	$237.54 million	$249.95 million
6/25/2026	Q2 2026	FUL H. B. Fuller	$1.37	$1.41	+$0.04	$1.23	$924.83 million	$950.27 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ASH Ashland	$1.68	2.31%	+8.32%	147.37%	16 Years
AVNT Avient	$1.10	2.50%	+5.86%	59.46%	1 Years
ECVT Ecovyst	N/A	N/A	-100.00%	N/A	N/A
FUL H. B. Fuller	$0.98	1.60%	+7.43%	30.06%	57 Years

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/16/2026	AVNT Avient	quarterly	$0.2750	2.89%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/7/2026
8/7/2026	ASH Ashland	quarterly	$0.42	2.18%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/16/2026	FUL H. B. Fuller	quarterly	$0.2450	1.77%	7/30/2026	7/30/2026	8/13/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ASH Ashland	0.73	3.05	1.89
AVNT Avient	0.77	1.90	1.35
ECVT Ecovyst	0.84	1.70	1.44
FUL H. B. Fuller	1.00	1.80	1.12

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ASH Ashland	93.95%
AVNT Avient	95.48%
ECVT Ecovyst	86.69%
FUL H. B. Fuller	95.93%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ASH Ashland	1.26%
AVNT Avient	0.85%
ECVT Ecovyst	1.84%
FUL H. B. Fuller	1.83%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ASH Ashland	2,900	45.81 million	45.23 million	Optionable
AVNT Avient	9,000	91.72 million	90.94 million	Optionable
ECVT Ecovyst	880	109.47 million	107.45 million	Optionable
FUL H. B. Fuller	7,100	53.79 million	52.80 million	Optionable

ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

S&CO Inc. Purchases New Position in H. B. Fuller Company $FUL

August 16 at 6:55 AM | marketbeat.com

H. B. Fuller Company $FUL Shares Bought by Bank of America Corp DE

August 16 at 3:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Engine Capital Asks H.B. Fuller to Consider Ancora Offer

August 15 at 5:49 AM | marketwatch.com

H. B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

August 15 at 2:15 AM | americanbankingnews.com

H. B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 15 at 2:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Ancora offers up to $1.2B for HB Fuller building adhesives business

August 14, 2026 | msn.com

H.B. Fuller Company's Complexity Offers Potential

August 13, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Activist investor offers $1.2B for H.B. Fuller's building adhesive solutions unit

August 13, 2026 | bizjournals.com

HB Fuller confirms $1.1B-$1.2B proposal for building adhesives unit

August 13, 2026 | msn.com

H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) VP Sells 9,561 Shares

August 13, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Are investors undervaluing H B Fuller (FUL) right now?

August 13, 2026 | msn.com

Activist investor gets aggressive with offer to buy H.B. Fuller unit for more than $1B

August 13, 2026 | msn.com

Activist investor gets aggressive with offer to buy HB Fuller unit for more than $1B

August 12, 2026 | msn.com

Ancora’s $1.2 billion cash bid pressures HB Fuller to rethink its debt strategy

August 12, 2026 | msn.com

Ancora offers to buy H.B. Fuller's adhesive unit for up to $1.2 billion in cash

August 12, 2026 | reuters.com

Ancora offers up to $1.2B for H.B. Fuller building adhesives business

August 12, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

H.B. Fuller confirms $1.1B-$1.2B proposal for building adhesives unit

August 12, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

H.B. Fuller Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal for Building Adhesive Solutions Segment

August 12, 2026 | businesswire.com

H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) VP Sells $593,355.66 in Stock

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

AMS Shareholders Back H.B. Fuller Cash Takeover Scheme

August 12, 2026 | tipranks.com

Are Investors Undervaluing H. B. Fuller (FUL) Right Now?

August 12, 2026 | zacks.com

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ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and FUL Company Descriptions

Ashland NYSE:ASH

$73.52 -0.65 (-0.88%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$73.62 +0.11 (+0.14%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of nature-based, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Avient NYSE:AVNT

$43.50 -1.89 (-4.17%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$45.50 +2.00 (+4.60%)

As of 07:34 PM Eastern

Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in two segments, Color, Additives and Inks; and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks; custom-formulated liquid system, such as polyester, vinyl, natural rubber and latex, polyurethane, and silicone; and proprietary inks. Its products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020. Avient Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Ecovyst NYSE:ECVT

$10.31 -0.08 (-0.77%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$10.30 -0.02 (-0.15%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Ecovyst Inc. offers specialty catalysts and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Ecoservices and Advanced Materials & Catalysts. The Ecoservices segment provides sulfuric acid recycling services and end-to-end logistics for production of alkylate for refineries; and virgin sulfuric acid for mining, water treatment, and industrial applications. The Advanced Materials & Catalysts segment offers advanced materials and specialty catalyst products and process solutions to producers and licensors of polyethylene and advanced silicas. This segment also supplies specialty zeolites and zeolite-based catalysts to customers for refining of oil primarily hydrocracking catalyst and dewaxing, sustainable fuels, and emission control systems for both on-road and non-road diesel engines. The company was formerly known as PQ Group Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ecovyst Inc. in August 2021. Ecovyst Inc. was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

H. B. Fuller NYSE:FUL

$59.99 -3.59 (-5.64%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$59.88 -0.11 (-0.19%)

As of 07:34 PM Eastern

H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products. It operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives. The Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives segment produces and supplies specialty industrial adhesives, such as thermoplastic, thermoset, reactive, water-based, and solvent-based products for applications in various markets, including packaging, converting, nonwoven and hygiene, and health and beauty. The Engineering Adhesives segment produces and supplies high performance industrial adhesives comprising reactive, light cure, two-part liquids, polyurethane, silicone, film, and fast cure products to the durable assembly, performance wood and textile, transportation, electronics, clean energy, aerospace and defense, appliance, heavy machinery, and insulating glass markets. The Construction Adhesives segment provides products used for tile setting, commercial roofing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and insulation applications, as well as caulks and sealants for the consumer market and professional trade. The company sells its products directly to customers, as well as through distributors and retailers in the Americas, Europe, India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. H.B. Fuller Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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