Vanguard Group Inc. Has $95.67 Million Position in Ecovyst Inc. $ECVT

Key Points

• Vanguard Group increased its stake in Ecovyst by 2.5% to 10,921,217 shares (about 9.55%) valued at $95.67 million.
• Ecovyst beat Q4 estimates with EPS of $0.28 (vs. $0.21) and revenue of $199.4M, up 33.9% year‑over‑year, and set FY2026 guidance of 0.45–0.65 EPS.
• Analyst coverage is mixed but modestly positive: the consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" with a mean target of $13.60 (four Buys, one Hold, one Sell).

Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT - Free Report) by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,921,217 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 267,695 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned about 9.55% of Ecovyst worth $95,670,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Alaska Department of Revenue bought a new stake in Ecovyst during the third quarter worth $48,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its holdings in shares of Ecovyst by 1,769.9% during the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 6,152 shares of the company's stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 5,823 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC raised its holdings in shares of Ecovyst by 45.9% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 8,678 shares of the company's stock worth $76,000 after buying an additional 2,732 shares in the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst during the 2nd quarter worth $101,000. Finally, Praxis Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Ecovyst in the third quarter valued at about $107,000. 86.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ECVT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their target price on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of Ecovyst from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. BWS Financial boosted their target price on shares of Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Ecovyst from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $13.60.

Ecovyst Trading Down 1.6%

ECVT opened at $11.32 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 2.64 and a quick ratio of 2.07. Ecovyst Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $5.24 and a fifty-two week high of $12.33. The company's 50 day moving average price is $10.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.26, a PEG ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.17.

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 analysts' consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $199.43 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $184.85 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.28 earnings per share. Ecovyst's revenue was up 33.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.450-0.650 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Ecovyst Inc. will post 0.44 earnings per share for the current year.

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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