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Ecovyst (ECVT) Competitors

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$9.38 +0.13 (+1.41%)
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ECVT vs. AVNT, PRM, MEOH, PCT, CC, NGVT, UAN, BAK, WLKP, and ASPI

Should you be buying Ecovyst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecovyst include Avient (AVNT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to Ecovyst's net margin of -1.91%. Avient's return on equity of 10.57% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ecovyst-1.91% 7.69% 3.00%
Avient 3.65%10.57%4.17%

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ecovyst currently has a consensus price target of $11.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.38%. Avient has a consensus price target of $45.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Avient's higher probable 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$704.50M1.52-$6.65M-$0.12-78.17
Avient$3.24B1.01$169.50M$1.2827.99

In the previous week, Ecovyst had 15 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ecovyst and 5 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Ecovyst's score of 0.67 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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ECVT vs. The Competition

MetricEcovystCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.06B$15.70B$3.64B$21.49B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%5.05%3.50%
P/E Ratio-78.1753.17158.7129.84
Price / Sales1.523.1516,497.2468.89
Price / Cash7.1413.3524.1818.13
Price / Book1.563.266.664.65
Net Income-$6.65M$423.39M$149.17M$999.94M
7 Day Performance4.57%-0.24%2.26%1.08%
1 Month Performance6.59%1.40%10.56%4.53%
1 Year Performance41.80%10.68%45.24%14.39%

Ecovyst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.93 of 5 stars
$9.38
+1.4%
$11.67
+24.4%
+40.4%$1.06B$704.50M-78.17880
AVNT
Avient
4.4618 of 5 stars
$37.80
+0.2%
$45.60
+20.7%
-24.0%$3.45B$3.24B29.539,200News Coverage
Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.4063 of 5 stars
$22.94
+2.5%
$22.50
-1.9%
+87.1%$3.28B$560.97M53.34240Positive News
Insider Trade
MEOH
Methanex
4.2833 of 5 stars
$39.00
+1.0%
$44.88
+15.1%
+5.5%$2.99B$3.72B11.501,415Positive News
High Trading Volume
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.9359 of 5 stars
$13.39
flat
$15.00
+12.0%
+54.5%$2.41BN/A-7.92120Positive News
CC
Chemours
3.0201 of 5 stars
$16.26
+3.8%
$17.38
+6.9%
-3.9%$2.34B$5.78B-5.816,000
NGVT
Ingevity
2.3267 of 5 stars
$60.74
+1.6%
$58.00
-4.5%
+52.1%$2.18B$1.41B-10.211,600Short Interest ↓
UAN
CVR Partners
1.2106 of 5 stars
$87.15
-0.9%
N/A+29.2%$1.51B$576.18M10.47300High Trading Volume
BAK
Braskem
2.3446 of 5 stars
$3.60
+1.8%
$7.50
+108.6%
-52.0%$1.41B$14.36B-1.428,382Positive News
Gap Up
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
4.0928 of 5 stars
$21.95
+0.3%
N/A-3.0%$771.37M$1.14B14.73150
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.9992 of 5 stars
$8.53
+4.0%
$7.75
-9.1%
+243.0%$754.15M$4.14M-13.9876

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