Analysts Set Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Price Target at $13.90

Shares of Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has issued a hold recommendation, four have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $13.90.

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on ECVT shares. Freedom Capital raised Ecovyst to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Ecovyst in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. They set an “overweight” rating for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Ecovyst from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 18th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. OP Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in Ecovyst during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $77,000. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the 1st quarter worth approximately $80,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Ecovyst in the 3rd quarter worth 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, PharVision Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Ecovyst during the third quarter valued at approximately $101,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.69% of the company’s stock.

Ecovyst Stock Down 3.7%

ECVT opened at $12.41 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.57, a P/E/G ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.10. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $12.94 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.33. The company has a current ratio of 2.38, a quick ratio of 2.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Ecovyst has a 12 month low of $7.41 and a 12 month high of $15.09.

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