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ECVT vs. PCT, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, CC, NGVT, UAN, BAK, ASPI, and TROX

Should you be buying Ecovyst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecovyst include PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), Braskem (BAK), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), and Tronox (TROX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Ecovyst vs. Its Competitors

PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) and Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) are both chemicals companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

PureCycle Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ecovyst's net margin of -1.63%. Ecovyst's return on equity of 7.60% beat PureCycle Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PureCycle TechnologiesN/A -81.41% -25.04%
Ecovyst -1.63%7.60%2.99%

PureCycle Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.95%. Ecovyst has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.34%. Given Ecovyst's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ecovyst is more favorable than PureCycle Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PureCycle Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ecovyst
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 3 mentions for Ecovyst. PureCycle Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Ecovyst's score of 0.18 indicating that PureCycle Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PureCycle Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ecovyst
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecovyst has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ecovyst has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. Ecovyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PureCycle Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PureCycle TechnologiesN/AN/A-$289.14M-$1.17-10.79
Ecovyst$704.50M1.41-$6.65M-$0.10-84.50

Summary

Ecovyst beats PureCycle Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ECVT vs. The Competition

MetricEcovystCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.01B$15.06B$3.17B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.10%5.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio-84.5047.09117.7729.01
Price / Sales1.413.0329,967,650,242,424,200.0065.92
Price / Cash6.6512.6623.7822.82
Price / Book1.412.885.884.43
Net Income-$6.65M$423.39M$148.55M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-6.06%-6.61%-3.27%-3.39%
1 Month Performance1.68%-5.70%1.40%-2.10%
1 Year Performance26.31%4.96%28.75%10.09%

Ecovyst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.3739 of 5 stars
$8.45
-1.9%
$10.00
+18.3%
+7.5%$1.01B$704.50M-84.50880Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.3912 of 5 stars
$16.33
-3.5%
$12.50
-23.5%
+69.4%$3.04BN/A-13.96120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
AVNT
Avient
4.5032 of 5 stars
$32.98
+1.5%
$46.80
+41.9%
-24.0%$2.97B$3.24B30.829,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MEOH
Methanex
4.7015 of 5 stars
$33.60
-0.4%
$45.63
+35.8%
-27.6%$2.61B$3.72B7.721,415News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
3.829 of 5 stars
$17.21
+0.8%
$18.50
+7.5%
+45.7%$2.52B$560.97M21.78240Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
CC
Chemours
4.7207 of 5 stars
$13.56
0.0%
$17.44
+28.7%
-50.7%$2.03B$5.78B67.796,000Positive News
NGVT
Ingevity
2.8943 of 5 stars
$46.14
0.0%
$55.25
+19.7%
-5.1%$1.68B$1.35B-4.741,600Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
UAN
CVR Partners
2.0476 of 5 stars
$86.96
-1.9%
N/A+23.4%$1.52B$525.32M12.43300News Coverage
Earnings Report
BAK
Braskem
1.9201 of 5 stars
$3.07
+0.8%
$9.75
+218.1%
-49.5%$1.21B$14.36B-0.738,382Upcoming Earnings
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
0.7206 of 5 stars
$9.88
-5.8%
$6.67
-32.5%
+272.1%$879.85M$4.14M-16.2076Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TROX
Tronox
4.8239 of 5 stars
$5.46
-1.2%
$7.06
+29.5%
-78.3%$874.71M$3.07B-5.746,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Gap Down

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