Ecovyst (ECVT) Competitors

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, ECVT or MEOH?

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ECVT or MEOH?

86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECVT or MEOH?

Methanex received 748 more outperform votes than Ecovyst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote while only 47.62% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ecovyst	Outperform Votes 20 47.62%	Underperform Votes 22 52.38%
Methanex	Outperform Votes 768 63.89%	Underperform Votes 434 36.11%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ECVT or MEOH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ecovyst	$691.10M	1.33	$71.15M	$0.46	17.12
Methanex	$3.72B	0.89	$174.14M	$2.14	23.05

Does the media favor ECVT or MEOH?

In the previous week, Methanex had 14 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Methanex and 3 mentions for Ecovyst. Ecovyst's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Methanex's score of 0.95 indicating that Ecovyst is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ecovyst	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Methanex	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ECVT or MEOH?

Ecovyst presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.16%. Methanex has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.60%. Given Ecovyst's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ecovyst is more favorable than Methanex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ecovyst	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Methanex	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is ECVT or MEOH more profitable?

Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.12%. Methanex's return on equity of 9.04% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecovyst	7.74%	7.07%	2.76%
Methanex	4.12%	9.04%	3.16%

Summary

Methanex beats Ecovyst on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.