Ecovyst (ECVT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) is a global specialty catalysts and services company serving the chemical, refining, pharmaceutical and industrial markets. Its products and services are designed to support chemical processing, resource recovery and the production of fuels and other materials.

The company operates through two primary business areas. Its Ecoservices business provides sulfuric acid recycling and regeneration, virgin sulfuric acid, and related chemical services used by refineries and industrial customers. Its Advanced Materials business develops and manufactures specialty molecular sieves, zeolite catalysts and other engineered materials used in refining, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and environmental applications.

Ecovyst traces its heritage to PQ Corporation and became an independent publicly traded company in 2021 following the separation of PQ’s businesses. The company serves customers through operations and facilities in multiple regions, including North America, Europe and Asia. Its offerings are used in applications such as hydrocarbon processing, emissions control, chemical manufacturing and the recovery or reuse of industrial materials.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.91 to $10.13
• 50-Day Range: $9.82 to $11.46
• 52-Week Range: $7.41 to $15.09
• Volume: 694,174 shs
• Average Volume: 1.32 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $14.63
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Ecovyst Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ecovyst scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 65th out of 229 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Ecovyst has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Ecovyst has a consensus price target of $14.63, representing about 45.0% upside from its current price of $10.09.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ecovyst has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ecovyst are expected to grow by 20.00% in the coming year, from $0.60 to $0.72 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ecovyst is -19.03, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ecovyst is -19.03, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ecovyst has a PEG Ratio of 0.44. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ecovyst has a P/B Ratio of 1.91. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.53% of the float of Ecovyst has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ecovyst has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.43.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ecovyst has recently increased by 12.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Ecovyst does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Ecovyst does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.02

News Sentiment

Ecovyst has a news sentiment score of -0.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Ecovyst this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for ECVT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $249,994.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0226% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ecovyst insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $249,994.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.84% of the stock of Ecovyst is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.69% of the stock of Ecovyst is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ECVT
• CIK: 1708035
• Web: www.ecovyst.com
• Phone: (610) 651-4400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 617
• Year Founded: 1831

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ecovyst: $14.63
• High Price Target: $16.00
• Low Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +45.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.53)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.81
• P/E Growth: 0.44
• Net Income: -$71.13 million
• Net Margins: -7.05%
• Pretax Margin: 6.14%
• Return on Equity: 13.83%
• Return on Assets: 5.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.84
• Current Ratio: 1.70
• Quick Ratio: 1.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $723.50 million
• Price / Sales: 1.53
• Cash Flow: $1.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.52
• Book Value: $5.29 per share
• Price / Book: 1.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 109,470,000
• Free Float: 107,454,000
• Market Cap: $1.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05