Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Ecovyst has a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from seven analysts, with four buys, one strong buy, one hold and one sell. The average 12-month price target is $14.50, compared with a recent share price of $10.21.
• The company exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $0.21 in EPS versus a $0.19 consensus estimate and $249.96 million in revenue, up 24.9% year over year. Management provided fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $0.58–$0.72.
• Institutional investors own approximately 86.69% of Ecovyst’s shares, with several major funds—including Vanguard, BlackRock and Arrowstreet Capital—holding or increasing sizable positions.

Shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the seven brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has given a hold recommendation, four have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $14.50.

ECVT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Ecovyst from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Ecovyst to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th. BWS Financial reissued a "buy" rating and set a $16.00 target price on shares of Ecovyst in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Citigroup began coverage on shares of Ecovyst in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. They issued an "overweight" rating on the stock.

Ecovyst Price Performance

Shares of ECVT opened at $10.21 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -19.26, a PEG ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.07. Ecovyst has a 12 month low of $7.41 and a 12 month high of $15.09. The stock's 50 day moving average is $11.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.70, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.02. Ecovyst had a positive return on equity of 13.83% and a negative net margin of 7.05%.The business had revenue of $249.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $237.54 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.12 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.720 EPS. Analysts predict that Ecovyst will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Ecovyst

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Ecovyst by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 11,112,611 shares of the company's stock worth $108,126,000 after purchasing an additional 191,394 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in Ecovyst in the 2nd quarter valued at $132,792,000. Rubric Capital Management LP boosted its stake in Ecovyst by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 10,500,000 shares of the company's stock worth $102,165,000 after purchasing an additional 100,000 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Ecovyst by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,498,654 shares of the company's stock worth $83,573,000 after purchasing an additional 111,376 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of Ecovyst by 246.6% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 4,829,034 shares of the company's stock worth $62,101,000 after buying an additional 3,435,942 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.69% of the company's stock.

Ecovyst Company Profile

Ecovyst Inc is a global specialty chemicals company that develops, manufactures and markets performance-enhancing products for industrial applications. The company’s core offerings include catalysts, phosphorus-based additives and barium carbonate materials, all designed to improve process efficiency, product quality and environmental performance. Ecovyst serves a diverse customer base in the energy, refining, chemical, polymer, food and consumer goods industries.

The company’s Catalysts segment supplies fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and hydroprocessing catalysts that help petroleum refiners maximize fuel yield, reduce sulfur emissions and meet increasingly stringent environmental standards.

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