Compare Stocks: ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR

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	$72.77 +2.8%	$71.80	$47.12 ▼ $78.25	$3.24B	0.4	659,939 shs	388,854 shs
AVNT Avient	$39.55 +1.5%	$42.43	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.57B	1.28	821,546 shs	1.25 million shs
ECVT Ecovyst	$10.09 +1.7%	$10.25	$7.41 ▼ $15.09	$1.09B	1.05	1.32 million shs	694,174 shs
KWR Quaker Houghton	$160.63 +2.3%	$161.88	$112.18 ▼ $183.01	$2.70B	1.4	145,177 shs	96,660 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	+2.80%	+2.45%	+2.58%	+6.44%	+50.66%
AVNT Avient	+1.56%	-4.73%	-4.60%	+10.32%	+27.50%
ECVT Ecovyst	+1.55%	-2.32%	+1.85%	-17.71%	+21.65%
KWR Quaker Houghton	+2.10%	-0.49%	+3.16%	+5.70%	+23.95%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ASH Ashland	$72.77 +2.8%	$71.80	$47.12 ▼ $78.25	$3.24B	0.4	659,939 shs	388,854 shs
AVNT Avient	$39.55 +1.5%	$42.43	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.57B	1.28	821,546 shs	1.25 million shs
ECVT Ecovyst	$10.09 +1.7%	$10.25	$7.41 ▼ $15.09	$1.09B	1.05	1.32 million shs	694,174 shs
KWR Quaker Houghton	$160.63 +2.3%	$161.88	$112.18 ▼ $183.01	$2.70B	1.4	145,177 shs	96,660 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	+2.80%	+2.45%	+2.58%	+6.44%	+50.66%
AVNT Avient	+1.56%	-4.73%	-4.60%	+10.32%	+27.50%
ECVT Ecovyst	+1.55%	-2.32%	+1.85%	-17.71%	+21.65%
KWR Quaker Houghton	+2.10%	-0.49%	+3.16%	+5.70%	+23.95%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ASH Ashland	2.58	Moderate Buy	$73.60	1.14% Upside
AVNT Avient	2.71	Moderate Buy	$46.38	17.25% Upside
ECVT Ecovyst	2.67	Moderate Buy	$14.63	45.02% Upside
KWR Quaker Houghton	3.00	Buy	$187.00	16.42% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/12/2026	AVNT Avient	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$44.00
10/5/2026	ASH Ashland	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$83.00 ➝ $80.00
10/2/2026	ASH Ashland	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
9/29/2026	AVNT Avient	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
9/18/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/4/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
9/1/2026	ECVT Ecovyst	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$14.00
8/27/2026	ECVT Ecovyst	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)
8/25/2026	KWR Quaker Houghton	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$165.00 ➝ $185.00
8/21/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)

(Data available from 10/14/2023 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	$1.82B	1.83	$24.92 per share	2.92	$41.66 per share	1.75
AVNT Avient	$3.26B	1.11	$4.93 per share	8.02	$26.06 per share	1.52
ECVT Ecovyst	$723.50M	1.53	$1.06 per share	9.52	$5.29 per share	1.91
KWR Quaker Houghton	$1.89B	1.46	$13.14 per share	12.22	$79.38 per share	2.02

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	63.83	17.20	1.80	2.82%	8.03%	3.31%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
AVNT Avient	$81.90M	$1.85	21.38	11.17	1.13	5.10%	11.64%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ECVT Ecovyst	-$71.13M	-$0.53	N/A	14.01	0.44	-7.05%	13.83%	5.80%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
KWR Quaker Houghton	-$2.49M	$5.61	28.63	16.63	1.06	4.94%	9.55%	4.66%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	AVNT Avient	$0.8010	N/A	N/A	N/A	$856.99 million	N/A
11/3/2026	Q4 2026	ASH Ashland	$1.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	$502.37 million	N/A
11/3/2026	Q3 2026	ECVT Ecovyst	$0.2093	N/A	N/A	N/A	$287.45 million	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	KWR Quaker Houghton	$2.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	$520.78 million	N/A
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	$249.96 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	KWR Quaker Houghton	$1.66	$2.19	+$0.53	$1.55	$504.63 million	$532.55 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	2.78%	+5.86%	59.46%	1 Years
ECVT Ecovyst	N/A	N/A	-100.00%	N/A	N/A
KWR Quaker Houghton	$2.03	1.26%	+4.81%	36.19%	17 Years

Latest ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/6/2026	AVNT Avient	quarterly	$0.2825	2.72%	12/11/2026	12/11/2026	1/7/2027
7/29/2026	KWR Quaker Houghton	quarterly	$0.53	1.43%	10/16/2026	10/16/2026	10/30/2026
7/16/2026	AVNT Avient	quarterly	$0.2750	2.65%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/7/2026
8/7/2026	ASH Ashland	quarterly	$0.42	2.22%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(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
KWR Quaker Houghton	0.62	2.46	1.70

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ASH Ashland	93.95%
AVNT Avient	95.48%
ECVT Ecovyst	86.69%
KWR Quaker Houghton	77.46%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ASH Ashland	1.26%
AVNT Avient	0.85%
ECVT Ecovyst	1.84%
KWR Quaker Houghton	1.00%

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	617	109.47 million	107.45 million	Optionable
KWR Quaker Houghton	4,700	17.21 million	17.04 million	Optionable

ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Quaker Houghton $KWR Shares Sold by Copeland Capital Management LLC

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

3 hours ago | americanbankingnews.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Stock Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average - What's Next?

3 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Share Price Breaks Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?

October 6, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Share Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

October 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

KWR Strengthens Capital Structure With Term Loan B Refinancing

October 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Quaker Houghton Completes Leverage-Neutral Term Loan Refinancing

October 1, 2026 | tipranks.com

Quaker Houghton Announces Successful Completion of Term Loan B Refinancing in Leverage-Neutral Transaction

October 1, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Implied Volatility Surging for Quaker Chemical Stock Options

September 30, 2026 | zacks.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Stock Has Average Price Target of $187.00

September 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Buys Shares of 233,176 Quaker Houghton $KWR

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Quaker Houghton stock holds steady as investors focus on recent earnings

September 19, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Squarepoint Ops LLC Purchases 7,184 Shares of Quaker Houghton $KWR

September 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Quaker Houghton Announces Executive Leadership Transition and Severance

September 13, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Brokerages

September 2, 2026 | defenseworld.netD

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August 31, 2026 | zacks.com

Quaker Houghton Announces 2026 Investor Day

August 27, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for Quaker Chemical (KWR): Time to Buy?

August 27, 2026 | zacks.com

Here's Why Quaker Chemical (KWR) is a Great Momentum Stock to Buy

August 11, 2026 | zacks.com

Quaker Houghton (NYSE:KWR) Director William Osborne Sells 600 Shares of Stock

August 7, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Quaker Chemical: Building Value Through Integrated Industrial Solutions

August 6, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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ECVT, AVNT, ASH, and KWR Company Descriptions

Ashland NYSE:ASH

$72.77 +1.99 (+2.81%)

Closing price 10/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$72.94 +0.17 (+0.23%)

As of 04:25 AM 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

$39.55 +0.59 (+1.52%)

Closing price 10/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$39.54 -0.01 (-0.03%)

As of 04:36 AM 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

$10.09 +0.17 (+1.66%)

Closing price 10/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$10.09 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 10/13/2026 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.

Quaker Houghton NYSE:KWR

$160.63 +3.68 (+2.34%)

Closing price 10/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$164.15 +3.52 (+2.19%)

As of 04:24 AM Eastern

Quaker Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets various formulated specialty chemical products for a range of heavy industrial and manufacturing applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die-cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids, and surface treatment chemicals. The company also provides chemical management services. It serves steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, container, mining, and metalworking companies. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

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