Ecovyst (ECVT)

• Market cap: $944M
• 1 day: -2.53%
• 5 days: -1.58%
• 1 month: 1.50%
• 3 months: -0.25%
• 6 months: 19.12%
• Year to date: 4.79%
• 1 year: -16.49%
• 5 years: -46.85%
• 10 years: -53.04%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals & Allied Products

About: Ecovyst Inc is a integrated and global provider of materials, specialty catalysts and services. Its products contribute to lower emissions and cleaner air, higher fuel efficiency and cleaner fuels, and key enablers to advance transition to clean energy. The company has two reporting segments: (1) Ecoservices and (2) Advanced Materials & Catalysts. Ecoservices provides sulfuric acid recycling to the North American refining industry for the production of alkylate and provides on-purpose virgin sulfuric acid for water treatment, mining, and industrial applications. Maximum revenue is generated from Ecoservices segment.

Employees: 911

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

49% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 67 | Existing positions reduced: 45

46% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 35 | Existing positions closed: 24

7% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $733M [Q3] → $787M (+$53.8M) [Q4]

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 158 [Q3] → 166 (+8) [Q4]

3.57% less ownership

Funds ownership: 91.96% [Q3] → 88.39% (-3.57%) [Q4]

10% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $77K | Put options by funds: $86K

17% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 5 (-1) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $9 11% upside
• Avg. target: $10.33 28% upside
• High target: $12 48% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Citigroup Patrick Cunningham 55% 1-year accuracy 18 / 33 met price target	11% upside $9	Buy Maintained	18 Dec 2024
BWS Financial Hamed Khorsand 60% 1-year accuracy 104 / 172 met price target	48% upside $12	Buy Maintained	4 Dec 2024
BMO Capital John McNulty 51% 1-year accuracy 25 / 49 met price target	23% upside $10	Outperform Maintained	3 Dec 2024