Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) Receives $14.50 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVTGet Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seven ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $14.50.

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on ECVT shares. Wall Street Zen cut Ecovyst from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, September 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 target price on shares of Ecovyst in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Citigroup started coverage on Ecovyst in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. They set an “overweight” rating on the stock. Finally, Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Ecovyst to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Ecovyst

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ECVT. Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in Ecovyst by 8.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 45,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $279,000 after buying an additional 3,571 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Ecovyst by 4.3% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 69,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $428,000 after acquiring an additional 2,874 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Ecovyst by 7.5% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 344,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,133,000 after purchasing an additional 23,951 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in Ecovyst by 954.1% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 141,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $877,000 after buying an additional 128,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new position in shares of Ecovyst in the second quarter valued at $129,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.69% of the company’s stock.

Ecovyst Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of NYSE ECVT opened at $10.07 on Friday. Ecovyst has a fifty-two week low of $7.41 and a fifty-two week high of $15.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion, a P/E ratio of -19.01, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.07. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $11.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $12.34.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVTGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $249.96 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $237.54 million. Ecovyst had a positive return on equity of 13.83% and a negative net margin of 7.05%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.12 earnings per share. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.580-0.720 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Ecovyst will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

About Ecovyst

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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.

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