Ecovyst stock analysis
Ecovyst (PQGA) Stock Price & Analysis
PQGA Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 9.20 - EUR 9.50
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 6.80 - EUR 12.70
- Previous Close
- EUR 9.40
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 0
- Market Cap
- EUR 1.04B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 1.56B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 71.20M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 544.20M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 32.3
- Beta
- 0.42
- Next Earnings
- Mar 04, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.15
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- N/A
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Raised 2026 Outlook
Higher full-year sales and adjusted EBITDA guidance indicates that operating momentum, pricing, and demand are translating into improved expected earnings. The raised outlook provides a stronger near-term base for cash generation and supports confidence that performance can remain durable over the next several quarters.
Favorable Demand And Supply
Demand across regenerated and virgin sulfuric acid, mining, and industrial applications is supported by favorable end-market conditions and constrained supply. This combination can strengthen Ecovyst’s market position, support utilization, and improve its ability to maintain pricing as customer contracts renew.
Calabrian Integration
The successful early integration of Calabrian expands Ecovyst’s sulfur dioxide platform while supporting the expected synergy opportunity. Execution ahead of schedule reduces integration uncertainty and could broaden earnings contributions across mining and industrial applications over the coming quarters.
Bears Say
Margin And Cost Pressure
The sharp year-over-year margin decline shows that higher sulfur-cost pass-through and rising operating expenses are limiting conversion of revenue growth into profit. Persistent cost inflation, turnaround activity, or unfavorable fixed-cost absorption could constrain margin recovery and earnings quality.
Leverage And Uneven Profitability
Meaningful leverage and inconsistent bottom-line profitability reduce financial flexibility relative to a stronger specialty-chemicals balance sheet. Negative returns on equity indicate that recent asset and equity deployment has not yet produced consistent shareholder returns, increasing sensitivity to operating setbacks.
Weaker Free Cash Flow
The substantial free-cash-flow decline indicates that higher capital spending and working-capital needs are absorbing more operating cash. Reduced conversion into discretionary cash limits flexibility for debt reduction, acquisitions, repurchases, and other investments if operating conditions weaken.
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Company Description
Ecovyst
Ecovyst Inc. is a global provider of specialized catalysts and related services, with operations spanning the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and other international markets. The company's activities are organized into two primary divisions. Its Ecoservices segment focuses on recycling sulfuric acid for use in refinery alkylate production, as well as supplying new sulfuric acid for diverse applications such as mining, water purification, and various industrial processes. The Catalyst Technologies segment delivers bespoke catalyst products and process solutions to manufacturers and licensors involved in producing polyethylene and methyl methacrylate. These catalysts are crucial for manufacturing plastics utilized in products like packaging films, bottles, containers, and other molded items. Furthermore, this segment offers zeolite-based emission control catalysts, engineered to eliminate nitrogen oxides from diesel engine exhaust and extract sulfur dioxide from fuels during the refining process. Founded in 1831 and headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, the company operated as PQ Group Holdings Inc. until it adopted the name Ecovyst Inc. in August 2021.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- CEO
- Kurt J. Bitting
- Employees
- 617
- Website
- www.ecovyst.com
- Address
- 600 Lee Road, Wayne, PA, 19087, US
Ecovyst (PQGA) Earnings & Revenues
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PQGA Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Highlights significantly outweighed the lowlights, with third-quarter adjusted EBITDA above guidance, higher sales, raised full-year sales and EBITDA outlooks, improved free cash flow guidance, favorable demand trends, strong liquidity, successful Calabrian integration, and planned share repurchases. The main challenges were lower reported EBITDA margin due to sulfur-cost pass-through, higher operating and turnaround costs, potential unplanned outages from deferred maintenance, lower fourth-quarter virgin sulfuric acid volume, and year-end destocking caution.
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Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 13 | 2 | 7 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Moving Averages | 10 | 0 | 2 |











