Ecovyst (ECVT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ECVT or CC?

86.7% of Ecovyst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Chemours shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ECVT or CC?

Ecovyst presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Chemours has a consensus price target of $24.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.68%. Given Chemours' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Ecovyst.

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
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has better valuation and earnings, ECVT or CC?

Ecovyst has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Ecovyst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, 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	$695.34M	1.37	$71.15M	$0.46	17.74
Chemours	$6.03B	0.47	-$238M	$0.50	37.78

Which has more volatility & risk, ECVT or CC?

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECVT or CC?

Chemours received 615 more outperform votes than Ecovyst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote while only 43.59% of users gave Ecovyst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ecovyst	Outperform Votes 17 43.59%	Underperform Votes 22 56.41%
Chemours	Outperform Votes 632 60.83%	Underperform Votes 407 39.17%

Is ECVT or CC more profitable?

Ecovyst has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.34%. Chemours' return on equity of 29.48% beat Ecovyst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecovyst	7.74%	7.07%	2.76%
Chemours	1.34%	29.48%	2.74%

Does the media favor ECVT or CC?

In the previous week, Chemours had 7 more articles in the media than Ecovyst. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Chemours and 1 mentions for Ecovyst. Chemours' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Ecovyst's score of 0.00 indicating that Chemours is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ecovyst	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chemours	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Chemours beats Ecovyst on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.