Ecovyst Inc. ECVT R2K

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United States

https://www.ecovyst.com

Ecovyst Inc. offers virgin and regenerated sulfuric acid products and services in the United States and internationally. It offers end-to-end logistics for production of alkylate for refineries mining, water treatment, and industrial applications. The company was formerly known as PQ Group Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ecovyst Inc. in August 2021. Ecovyst Inc. was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$1.44B

Current Price

$13.19

High / Low (52W)

$14.97 / $7.43

Beta

1.09

Valuation

Stock P/E

77.59

Industry PE

24.80

Forward P/E

15.52

PEG Ratio

Book Value

$5.25

Price to Book

2.51

P/S

1.82

EV/EBITDA

10.08

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

5.26%

ROE

3.17%

ROA

3.68%

Profit Margin

-7.95%

Op Margin

6.41%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.04

EPS (TTM)

$0.17

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.76

Quick Ratio

2.02

Current Ratio

2.38

Debt

$436.49M

Total Assets

$1.26B

Current Assets

$319.36M

Working Capital

$198.54M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

1.85%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

104.93%

Chg in FII Hold

0.03%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$1.72B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$795.36M

EBITDA

$170.18M

Free Cash Flow

$109.47M

Operating Cash Flow

$146.99M

Shares Outstanding

109.45M

Gross Margin

22.05%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-4.09%

Profit 5Y

-65.50%

Revenue (YoY)

50.20%

Earnings (YoY)

PROS

Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Trading at a high P/E of 77.6.
Revenue declined at -4.1% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -65.5% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	ECVT Ecovyst Inc. R2K	13.19	77.59	$1.44B	-	5.26%	3.17%	-4.09%	-65.50%
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4	FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. SPX	65.71	34.77	$94.46B	0.91%	12.93%	15.63%	4.39%	-14.02%
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8	APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. SPX	278.62	29.33	$62.04B	2.60%	-0.62%	12.35%	-1.77%	-39.16%
9	NUE Nucor Corporation SPX	250.00	24.80	$56.94B	0.90%	8.80%	12.29%	-7.84%	-38.80%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	332.93M	389.27M	391.83M	358.07M	366.20M	434.71M	427.20M	380.04M	297.47M	311.64M	307.27M	283.54M	125.55M	115.64M	130.68M	124.05M	126.62M	146.95M	167.43M	170.20M	179.71M	225.17M	232.53M	182.74M	160.87M	184.11M	173.33M	141.60M	153.96M	-	-	143.11M	200.13M	204.91M	199.43M	214.95M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124.01M	150.41M	152.83M	152.68M	178.54M
Gross Profit	26.10M	62.30M	95.30M	70.39M	82.71M	107.41M	102.56M	84.15M	78.12M	108.40M	107.50M	87.61M	67.73M	81.86M	82.91M	65.90M	37.70M	34.87M	40.83M	37.55M	30.12M	38.47M	53.64M	54.42M	47.73M	59.86M	67.67M	49.37M	36.49M	60.97M	53.18M	33.23M	42.03M	-	-	19.10M	49.72M	52.08M	46.75M	36.41M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.95M	27.97M	17.85M	21.22M	21.48M
Operating Income	8.05M	16.75M	44.25M	15.14M	37.65M	55.08M	46.38M	26.77M	28.19M	49.05M	48.85M	57.46M	29.00M	48.84M	41.19M	28.48M	11.97M	9.85M	18.75M	10.99M	2.48M	11.65M	22.49M	17.98M	16.44M	27.41M	38.54M	22.00M	8.66M	33.31M	31.93M	13.48M	21.67M	-	-	145.00K	21.75M	34.22M	25.53M	14.93M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.29M	47.93M	39.88M	38.16M	33.00M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.35M	11.12M	8.37M	9.40M	3.17M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-10.37M	8.05M	20.57M	8.17M	9.34M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-2.24M	2.06M	20.20M	-476.00K	3.59M
Net Income	-3.13M	-77.26M	-10.02M	10.66M	-2.45M	-1.61M	-3.35M	65.01M	214.00K	15.78M	14.19M	28.12M	3.15M	30.57M	18.64M	27.17M	224.00K	15.93M	7.51M	-302.43M	-92.64M	-1.49M	-71.26M	25.43M	7.88M	19.25M	21.32M	25.25M	-1.47M	26.12M	16.57M	1.22M	8.29M	-	-	-3.60M	5.99M	-79.25M	5.74M	4.31M
Diluted EPS	-0.14	-0.99	-0.10	0.10	-0.02	-0.02	-0.03	0.49	0.00	0.12	0.11	0.21	0.02	0.23	0.14	0.20	0.00	0.12	0.06	-2.22	-0.68	-0.01	-0.52	0.18	0.06	0.14	0.16	0.20	-0.01	0.22	0.14	0.01	0.07	-	-	-0.03	0.05	-0.70	0.05	0.04

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	1.06B	1.47B	1.23B	532.75M	495.92M	-	820.16M	584.85M	598.29M	723.51M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	595.53M	418.40M	434.91M	565.43M
Gross Profit	110.08M	254.09M	376.84M	303.39M	167.21M	150.95M	-	224.63M	166.45M	163.38M	158.09M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98.10M	69.42M	75.31M	79.66M
Operating Income	55.77M	81.54M	165.89M	155.56M	65.97M	51.57M	-	126.53M	97.03M	88.08M	78.43M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	211.12M	154.68M	152.24M	138.59M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.22M	31.70M	36.49M	34.20M
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.73M	56.95M	45.20M	25.79M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.94M	8.73M	-299.00K	19.50M
Net Income	11.43M	-79.75M	57.60M	58.30M	79.54M	-278.77M	-	73.70M	71.15M	-6.65M	-71.13M
Diluted EPS	0.51	-1.02	0.52	0.43	0.59	-2.04	-	0.52	0.60	-0.06	-0.62
R&D Expense	0	7.27M	13.86M	13.72M	7.36M	7.14M	7.50M	7.23M	7.80M	6.81M	-

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-4.09%
1 Year:	50.20%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-65.50%
1 Year:	-

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+77.05%
6 Months:	+48.04%
3 Months:	+17.04%
1 Month:	-5.58%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	4.26B	4.42B	4.33B	4.32B	3.20B	-	1.88B	1.84B	1.80B	1.26B
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	267.70M	245.99M	303.71M	319.36M
Cash & Equivalents	22.63M	25.16M	70.74M	66.19M	37.16M	36.12M	113.38M	-	110.92M	88.36M	131.39M	197.19M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44.36M	45.12M	17.97M	26.80M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74.76M	81.31M	53.20M	85.31M
Total Liabilities	-	-	3.23B	2.78B	2.66B	2.54B	1.92B	-	1.18B	1.13B	1.10B	657.54M
Current Liabilities	-	-	242.39M	288.41M	255.61M	270.36M	201.87M	-	129.40M	119.08M	115.13M	120.81M
Long Term Debt	-	-	2.55B	2.19B	2.11B	1.84B	1.40B	-	865.87M	858.95M	852.10M	392.58M
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	913.53M	900.19M	893.83M	430.74M
Total Equity	-	-	1.02B	1.63B	1.66B	1.78B	1.28B	-	707.23M	705.46M	700.46M	603.44M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139.57M	140.74M	140.87M	140.87M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	44.72M	122.71M	165.17M	248.64M	267.76M	223.60M	-	186.61M	137.60M	149.89M	140.31M
Investing Cash Flow	-38.73M	-1.92B	-195.98M	-119.29M	-35.36M	551.47M	-	-63.02M	-65.33M	-73.45M	435.41M
Financing Cash Flow	-3.46M	1.86B	19.83M	-137.22M	-216.09M	-722.82M	-	-148.19M	-93.50M	-17.84M	-524.96M
Capital Expenditure	-40.99M	-121.42M	-140.48M	-111.80M	-55.25M	-54.84M	-	-58.87M	-59.04M	-55.59M	-70.41M
Free Cash Flow	3.72M	1.29M	24.69M	136.85M	212.51M	168.76M	-	127.74M	78.56M	94.30M	69.89M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-24.60M	-21.24M	58.60M	50.76M
Share Buybacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	136.74M	78.72M	5.01M	46.95M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	0	0	243.75M	435.59M	0	0	-	-

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	23.9%	25.6%	24.7%	31.4%	30.4%	-	27.4%	28.5%	27.3%	21.8%
Operating Margin %	-	7.7%	11.3%	12.7%	12.4%	10.4%	-	15.4%	16.6%	14.7%	10.8%
Net Margin %	-	-7.5%	3.9%	4.7%	14.9%	-56.2%	-	9.0%	12.2%	-1.1%	-9.8%
ROE %	-	-7.8%	3.5%	3.5%	4.5%	-21.8%	-	10.4%	10.1%	-0.9%	-11.8%
ROCE %	-	2.0%	4.0%	3.8%	1.6%	1.7%	-	7.2%	5.6%	5.2%	6.9%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

1.85%

Institutions

104.93%

Public Float

106.91%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Rubric Capital Management LP	8.35%	9.14M	$120.50M
2	Blackrock Inc.	7.98%	8.73M	$115.20M
3	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5.94%	6.50M	$85.72M
4	Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, LLC	4.95%	5.41M	$71.41M
5	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	4.79%	5.24M	$69.17M
6	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.55%	4.98M	$65.65M
7	Brown Advisory Inc.	4.42%	4.84M	$63.87M
8	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	4.41%	4.83M	$63.69M
9	FMR, LLC	4.08%	4.47M	$58.93M
10	Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC	3.47%	3.80M	$50.10M

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Sector	Basic Materials
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Headquarters	United States
Employees	617
Website	https://www.ecovyst.com

Ecovyst Inc. ECVT R2K

Market & Price

Valuation

Profitability & Returns

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Ownership

Financial Snapshot

Growth (CAGR)

PROS

CONS

Price Chart

Technical Trend

Fundamental Growth

Peer comparison

Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

Ratios (Annual)

Shareholding Pattern

Top Institutional Holders

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