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Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Ecovyst Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Ecovyst Inc.

Ecovyst Inc. produces and supplies virgin and regenerated sulfuric acid products and related services. The company serves industrial, mining, automotive, and environmental sectors by providing sulfuric acid for applications such as fuel efficiency improvement, hazardous waste treatment, and industrial production. Ecovyst operates manufacturing and regeneration facilities across North America and maintains long-term contracts with large industrial customers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$723.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
20.9%
Net income
$-71.1M
Diluted EPS
$-0.61
Gross margin
21.8%
Operating margin
9.0%
Net margin
-9.8%
FCF margin
9.7%
ROE
-11.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: a reported loss in the fiscal year or the trailing twelve months
Market cap
$1.10B
Long-term debt / equity
0.65×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Ecovyst

  • Revenue grew 20.9% to $724M in FY2025, faster than the 2.3% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 9.0% in FY2025, +0.0 pp against 8.9% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $250M, up 42.0% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $70M in FY2025, 9.7% of revenue.
  • Net loss widened to $71M in FY2025, from $7M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Ecovyst’s fundamentals sit among the 225 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin21.8%
38th percentile of 177
Operating margin9.0%
65th percentile of 174
Net margin-9.8%
22nd percentile of 206
FCF margin9.7%
78th percentile of 191
Revenue growth (YoY)+20.9%
88th percentile of 220
ROE-11.8%
28th percentile of 200
Long-term debt / equity0.65×
50th percentile of 156
Short interest4.43d
56th percentile of 221

Ecovyst’s revenue growth of +20.9% ranks in the 88th percentile of the 220 Materials companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $249,994 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
3
0 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$23.4M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$5.5M439.6KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$4.4M351.8KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$4.1M329.8KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$3.3M261.9KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$2.7M213.1KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.7M139.3KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.1M87.2KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$737,98659.3KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$250K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-10
filed 2026-09-14
Patti A. HumbleDirectorBuy24.9K$10.05$250K
2026-06-02
filed 2026-06-03
Sarah LoranceDirectorSell8.4K$13.33$113K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.9M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+13.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.43
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-305.9M+13.0%4.43
2026-09-155.3M+2.5%4.40
2026-08-315.1M+12.9%3.87
2026-08-144.5M+12.5%3.30
2026-07-314.0M-11.0%3.22
2026-07-154.5M+8.2%3.16
2026-06-304.2M+17.9%1.65
2026-06-153.6M+6.1%2.29

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$723.5M$598.3M$584.8M$820.2M$611.2M
Gross profit
Operating income$64.9M$85.1M$89.6M$104.4M$54.6M
Net income$-71.1M$-6.7M$71.2M$73.7M$-139.9M
Diluted EPS$-0.61$-0.06$0.60$0.55$-1.02

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$140.3M$149.9M$137.6M$186.6M$129.9M
Capital expenditure$70.4M$55.6M$59.0M$58.9M$60.0M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$250.0M42.0%$7.9M$0.07
Q1 FY2026$215.0M50.2%$4.3M$0.04
Q4 FY202534.0%
Q3 FY2025$204.9M33.2%$-79.3M$-0.69
Q2 FY2025$176.1M14.4%$6.0M$0.05
Q1 FY2025$143.1M1.1%$-3.6M$-0.03
Q4 FY2024123.7%
Q3 FY2024$153.9M-11.2%$14.3M$0.12

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryChemicals & Allied Products
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK1708035

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-27
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-08-24
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8-K2026-08-05
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8-K2026-06-30
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8-K2026-05-21
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.