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ECVT vs. AVNT, MEOH, PRM, PCT, CC, UAN, NGVT, BAK, WLKP, and ASPI

Should you be buying Ecovyst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecovyst include Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), CVR Partners (UAN), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Ecovyst vs. Its Competitors

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Ecovyst's net margin of -1.63%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ecovyst-1.63% 7.60% 2.99%
Avient 3.65%10.57%4.17%

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ecovyst currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.06%. Avient has a consensus target price of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 38.87%. Given Avient's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avient is more favorable than Ecovyst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ecovyst
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Ecovyst. Ecovyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ecovyst$704.50M1.41-$6.65M-$0.10-84.70
Avient$3.24B0.93$169.50M$1.2825.65

In the previous week, Avient had 19 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Avient and 7 mentions for Ecovyst. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Avient's score of 0.35 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ecovyst
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avient
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Avient beats Ecovyst on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ECVT vs. The Competition

MetricEcovystCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$994.38M$15.44B$3.30B$20.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.11%5.18%3.69%
P/E Ratio-84.7049.20110.2228.52
Price / Sales1.413.0731,270,591,557,371,700.0066.66
Price / Cash6.4812.8923.9223.60
Price / Book1.413.186.004.31
Net Income-$6.65M$423.39M$148.72M$996.14M
7 Day Performance0.24%4.84%3.72%1.93%
1 Month Performance-0.59%-1.80%4.62%-0.54%
1 Year Performance26.70%8.68%37.21%14.77%

Ecovyst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.5326 of 5 stars
$8.47
+3.3%
$10.00
+18.1%
+25.9%$994.38M$704.50M-84.70880News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AVNT
Avient
4.5982 of 5 stars
$33.97
+0.5%
$45.60
+34.2%
-23.8%$3.09B$3.24B26.549,200Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MEOH
Methanex
4.7162 of 5 stars
$33.11
-0.1%
$45.25
+36.7%
-20.0%$2.56B$3.72B9.771,415Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.0865 of 5 stars
$15.79
+1.0%
$18.50
+17.2%
+69.2%$2.31B$560.97M19.99240News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.1202 of 5 stars
$13.28
+5.2%
$12.50
-5.9%
+97.0%$2.27BN/A-11.35120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CC
Chemours
4.6001 of 5 stars
$12.17
+5.8%
$17.44
+43.3%
-31.8%$1.72B$5.78B60.856,000Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
UAN
CVR Partners
2.2979 of 5 stars
$97.30
+1.7%
N/A+31.0%$1.64B$525.32M11.69300Dividend Increase
NGVT
Ingevity
1.5899 of 5 stars
$40.84
+1.1%
$57.00
+39.6%
+45.1%$1.47B$1.41B-4.191,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BAK
Braskem
2.3932 of 5 stars
$3.07
+0.8%
$9.75
+218.1%
-48.4%$1.21B$14.36B-0.738,382News Coverage
Earnings Report
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.9511 of 5 stars
$21.83
+0.1%
N/A-3.2%$768.91M$1.14B14.65150Earnings Report
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.7052 of 5 stars
$9.40
+5.3%
$6.67
-29.1%
+361.0%$749.28M$4.14M-15.4176News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:ECVT) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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