Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Ecovyst Inc. ECVT
$10.12 +1.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.11B
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +41.7%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $869.3M, up 23.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 19.3% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 42%
- Gross marginBottom 41%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverBottom 46%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 48%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 44%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.3% | 23.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 21.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 10.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 11.9% | 8.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 23.4% | 19.3% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 24.5% | ↓ | Bottom 41% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 11.1% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | -7.1% | -2.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.3% | 11.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.5% | — | Bottom 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.1% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -14.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.15×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.54%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.54%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +41.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.00
- Target vs current price
- +38.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +12.1% | -5.5% | -16.4% | -16.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +57.1% | +4.3% | +2.1% | -6.1% | -14.4% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +90.2% | +1.1% | +1.6% | +14.8% | +17.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +7.5% | -5.2% | +3.7% | +9.3% | +28.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +9.1% | -2.3% | +7.0% | +7.4% | -2.5% |
| May 1, 2025 | +133.3% | +3.5% | +15.2% | +25.6% | +48.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +16.7% | -14.4% | -16.0% | -22.2% | -8.8% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -17.6% | +4.6% | +29.5% | +24.8% | +23.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.19 | +12.1% | $250.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.11 | $0.07 | +57.1% | $215.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.15 | +90.2% | $199.4M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.18 | +7.5% | $204.9M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.11 | +9.1% | $200.1M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.01 | -$0.03 | +133.3% | $162.2M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +16.7% | $182.0M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.17 | -17.6% | $179.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 14.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.4× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 1.80× | — | — | Top 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.52% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | -5.35% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.9× – 23.0× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.3%
- RSI (14)
- 45.8
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 40th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -69.9% | 1022 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -13.2% | 12 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -10.5% | 13 days | 5 days (Nov 11, 2020) |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -10.5% | 1 days | 11 days (Jan 6, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.11B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.54
- Revenue (TTM)
- $869.3M
- 52-week range
- $7.41 – $15.09
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $611.2M | $820.2M | $691.1M | $704.5M | $723.5M |
| Gross profit | $176.7M | $224.6M | $198.0M | $201.5M | $158.1M |
| Operating income | $54.6M | $104.4M | $96.7M | $98.1M | $78.4M |
| Net income | -$139.9M | $73.7M | $71.2M | -$6.7M | -$71.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.02 | $0.52 | $0.60 | -$0.06 | -$0.61 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $179.2M | $182.0M | $143.1M | $200.1M | $204.9M | $199.4M | $215.0M | $250.0M |
| Net income | $14.3M | -$30.4M | -$3.6M | $6.0M | -$79.3M | $5.7M | $4.3M | $7.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.12 | -$0.26 | -$0.03 | $0.05 | -$0.70 | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $129.9M | $186.6M | $137.6M | $149.9M | $140.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$60.0M | -$58.9M | -$65.3M | -$55.6M | -$70.4M |
| Free cash flow | $69.9M | $127.7M | $72.3M | $94.3M | $69.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$435.6M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.5M | -$136.7M | -$78.7M | -$5.0M | -$46.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $87.8M
- Total assets
- $1.42B
- Total liabilities
- $833.8M
- Total debt
- $546.4M
- Net debt
- $458.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $586.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2021 | $3.20 | Aug 23, 2021 |
| Dec 18, 2020 | $1.80 | Dec 29, 2020 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,256,185
- Days to cover
- 4.40
- Change vs previous report
- +2.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.