Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has assigned a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $13.90.

ECVT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. BWS Financial raised their price objective on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Citigroup initiated coverage on Ecovyst in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. They issued an “overweight” rating for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Ecovyst from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, April 18th.

Ecovyst Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ECVT opened at $12.26 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 2.13 and a current ratio of 2.38. The company has a market cap of $1.34 billion, a PE ratio of -22.29, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $13.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.06. Ecovyst has a fifty-two week low of $7.39 and a fifty-two week high of $15.09.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.04. Ecovyst had a positive return on equity of 11.58% and a negative net margin of 7.71%.The firm had revenue of $214.95 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $191.07 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.01 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 50.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.500-0.650 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Ecovyst will post 0.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. OP Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the first quarter valued at approximately $77,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the first quarter valued at approximately $80,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $87,000. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $89,000. Finally, PharVision Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $101,000. 86.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.