Ecovyst, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US27923Q1094
USD
12.82
-0.06 (-0.47%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Ecovyst, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 6.20%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 6.20% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
The company declared very negative results in Mar'25 after flat results in Dec'24
  • NET PROFIT(Q) At USD 8.73 MM has Fallen at -42.4%
  • INTEREST(HY) At USD 22.18 MM has Grown at 30.59%
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at -1.97%
3
Risky -
  • The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 20.21%, its profits have fallen by -20.7%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Ecovyst, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Ecovyst, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ecovyst, Inc.
60.25%
0.00
41.22%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-11.13%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-11.34%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.20
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.51
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.06
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.47
Tax Ratio
1.49%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
6.20%
ROE (avg)
9.14%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
58
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.37
EV to EBIT
19.75
EV to EBITDA
10.13
EV to Capital Employed
2.02
EV to Sales
2.13
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
10.25%
ROE (Latest)
4.09%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bearish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

12What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -37.57% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 359.75 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 47.56 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 9.37 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 214.95 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 7 MM has Grown at 46.32%

-2What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(9M)

At USD 23.61 MM has Grown at -27.36%

Here's what is working for Ecovyst, Inc.

Net Sales
Highest at USD 214.95 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 7 MM has Grown at 46.32%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 4.78 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 359.75 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 47.56 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 9.37 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -37.57% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales