Ecovyst Inc.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $10.41, Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT) is priced for +7.1% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Ecovyst runs a waste-processing business dressed as a chemicals company: refiners send it their spent sulfuric acid, it regenerates the acid and sends it back, and the filing confirms the raw material arrives free because ⟦Spent sulfuric acid for our regeneration services product group is supplied by customers as part of their contracts.⟧ • Revenue growth flatters the picture right now, because sales rose $71.9 million to $215.0 million in the March 2026 quarter largely on passing higher sulfu
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189 institutional managers reported holding ECVT in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 47 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 3.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ECVT has cut its share count 18.7% over the past five years, spending $304.31M on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $94.19M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at ECVT over the trailing three years: 2023: 2 buys totaling $78k; 2024: 4 buys totaling $213k. 12 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ECVT's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-06 | -7.2% | +10.2% |
| 2023-08-09 | -17.3% | -2.7% |
| 2023-11-04 | +4.5% | -1.5% |
| 2024-03-01 | -1.4% | +7.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ECVT's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-24 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-30 (items 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 5.07); 2026-05-05 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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