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

Shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One equities research 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 analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $14.20.

ECVT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. KeyCorp increased their price target on Ecovyst from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a report on Monday, June 1st. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Ecovyst from $15.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ecovyst from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, April 18th. Finally, BWS Financial upped their price target on shares of Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd.

Institutional Trading of Ecovyst

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ECVT. OP Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the first quarter valued at about $77,000. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the first quarter valued at about $80,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the third quarter valued at about $87,000. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the third quarter valued at about $89,000. Finally, PharVision Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the third quarter valued at about $101,000. 86.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Ecovyst Trading Up 0.4%

ECVT opened at $12.87 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $13.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.93. 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 firm has a market cap of $1.41 billion, a PE ratio of -23.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.08. Ecovyst has a twelve month low of $7.39 and a twelve month high of $15.09.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.04. Ecovyst had a negative net margin of 7.71% and a positive return on equity of 11.58%. The company had revenue of $214.95 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $191.07 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.01 earnings per share. The business’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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Ecovyst will post 0.56 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.