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

Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE:ECVT) has received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has issued a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $13.60.

Several research analysts have commented on ECVT shares. KeyCorp raised their target price on Ecovyst from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. BWS Financial upped their price target on Ecovyst from $12.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Ecovyst in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Ecovyst from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Ecovyst from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd.

Ecovyst Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of ECVT stock opened at $11.63 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $11.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $9.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 2.64 and a quick ratio of 2.42. Ecovyst has a 1 year low of $5.24 and a 1 year high of $12.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.75, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.17.

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $199.43 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $184.85 million. Ecovyst had a positive return on equity of 9.39% and a negative net margin of 9.27%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. Ecovyst has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.450-0.650 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Ecovyst will post 0.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its position in shares of Ecovyst by 242.5% in the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 319,726 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,801,000 after purchasing an additional 226,386 shares during the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC bought a new stake in Ecovyst during the second quarter valued at approximately $465,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in Ecovyst during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,239,000. Simcoe Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Ecovyst in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $6,725,000. Finally, OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC purchased a new position in Ecovyst in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,704,000. Institutional investors own 86.69% of the company’s stock.

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.