Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Moderate Buy consensus from six brokerages — one sell, one hold and four buys — with an average 1‑year target of $14.00.
• Ecovyst beat its recent quarterly estimates with $0.28 EPS (vs. $0.21 expected) and $199.43M revenue (up 33.9% YoY), and set FY2026 guidance of $0.45–$0.65 EPS (analysts forecast ~0.49).
• Institutional ownership is high at 86.69%, with sizable recent purchases from Rubric Capital, Oaktree, Brightline and others.

Shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT - Get Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the six brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $14.00.

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ECVT shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup increased their price objective on Ecovyst from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Ecovyst from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. BWS Financial increased their price objective on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ecovyst from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Saturday, April 18th.

Ecovyst Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE ECVT opened at $14.37 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $12.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.68. The firm has a market cap of $1.57 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.17, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.12. Ecovyst has a 1 year low of $6.30 and a 1 year high of $14.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a current ratio of 2.64.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.07. Ecovyst had a negative net margin of 9.27% and a positive return on equity of 9.39%. The firm had revenue of $199.43 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $184.85 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.28 earnings per share. Ecovyst's revenue for the quarter was up 33.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.450-0.650 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Ecovyst will post 0.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ecovyst

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Rubric Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of Ecovyst by 120.9% in the 3rd quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 10,400,000 shares of the company's stock worth $91,104,000 after buying an additional 5,692,653 shares in the last quarter. Oaktree Capital Management LP acquired a new position in Ecovyst in the third quarter valued at about $25,045,000. Brightline Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Ecovyst during the fourth quarter worth $19,946,000. Invenomic Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Ecovyst during the third quarter worth about $16,729,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Ecovyst by 221.3% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,590,044 shares of the company's stock worth $13,086,000 after acquiring an additional 1,095,228 shares in the last quarter. 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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