Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $13.60.

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup lifted their price target on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. BWS Financial upped their price target on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. KeyCorp upped their price target on Ecovyst from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on Ecovyst from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 28th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. State of Alaska Department of Revenue purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the 3rd quarter valued at about $48,000. CWM LLC grew its holdings in Ecovyst by 45.9% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 8,678 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 2,732 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $87,000. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in shares of Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $89,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Ecovyst during the second quarter valued at approximately $101,000. 86.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Ecovyst Stock Up 0.2%

ECVT opened at $11.47 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -18.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.17. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $11.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $9.62. The company has a current ratio of 2.64, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. Ecovyst has a 12 month low of $5.24 and a 12 month high of $12.33.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.07. Ecovyst had a positive return on equity of 9.39% and a negative net margin of 9.27%.The company had revenue of $199.43 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $184.85 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.28 EPS. Ecovyst’s quarterly 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. On average, equities analysts expect that Ecovyst will post 0.44 EPS for the current year.

About Ecovyst

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.