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Ecovyst Inc. ECVT

· Materials · Chemicals & Allied Products

FY2025 10-K, filed 2026-02-27
SEC EDGAR

Filing evidence summary

Mixed evidenceCoverage 5/5 core metrics

Operating margin changed -5.3 percentage points from the prior annual period.

Backward-looking filed evidence under visible rules - not a rating, forecast or investment advice. Missing data is never scored.

Evidence signals

  • Operating margin compressed

    Operating margin changed -5.3 percentage points from the prior annual period.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: more than +1 percentage point constructive; below -1 point caution. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • 3 filing risk checks flagged

    Flagged areas: Earnings quality, Solvency & liquidity.

    Why this surfaced

    The full financial analysis shows each value, threshold, and sector limitation.

  • Revenue expanded

    Latest reported annual revenue changed +20.9% from the prior reported annual observation.

    Why this surfaced

    Direction threshold: above +2% constructive; below -2% caution; otherwise monitor. This is not labeled one-year growth when filing periods have a gap. Period end 2025-12-31.

  • Free cash flow was positive

    Latest reported free cash flow was $70M.

    Why this surfaced

    Free cash flow = operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; positive is supporting evidence, not a valuation conclusion. Period end 2025-12-31.

Core trend metrics

Latest annual revenue growth
+20.9%
as of 2025-12-31
Latest annual operating margin
9.0%
as of 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$70M
as of 2025-12-31
Debt / equity
0.65x
as of 2025-12-31
ROIC snapshot
4.7%
period varies

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Where to look next

Risk checks

3of 12 rule-based checks flagged
  • Earnings quality
  • Solvency & liquidity

Financial movement

  • Cash→ flat
  • Long-term debt→ flat
  • Inventory→ flat
  • Receivables→ flat
  • Current assets→ flat

Source & freshness

Source
SEC EDGAR XBRL
Fetched
2026-09-06
Latest period end
2025-12-31
Filings
EDGAR ↗

Reported segment mix

figures as filed · share of the filed sum · change vs the prior period in the same filing
Fiscal year ending 2025-12-3110-K filed 2026-02-27prior period 2024-12-31 from the same filingView filing
By product or service
Revenue
  • Regeneration And Treatment Services$361M
    49.9%
    +1.1% yoy
  • Industrial Mining Automotive$328M
    45.3%
    +58.5% yoy
  • Other Services$34.3M
    4.7%
    +1.0% yoy

Members sum to the consolidated $724M for this period.

Latest quarter
Quarter ending 2026-03-3110-Q filed 2026-05-05prior period 2025-03-31 from the same filingView filing
  • Industrial Mining Automotive$113M
    52.6%
    +102.2% yoy
  • Regeneration And Treatment Services$93.8M
    43.6%
    +18.4% yoy
  • Other Services$8.19M
    3.8%
    +2.6% yoy

Change is against the same quarter a year earlier, as reported in the same 10-Q.

Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets. Dimensional XBRL facts on the business-segment, product/service and geographic axes; the engine keeps the accession of every figure. Descriptive and educational, not advice.

Peer percentiles

latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · among 4,122 US-listed filers · 797 in Materials
MetricValuevs all filersvs sector
Revenue
latest fiscal-year revenue as filed
$724M
50thof 3,301
middle third
66thof 522
middle third
Revenue growth
latest fiscal-year revenue vs the prior fiscal year
20.9%
79thof 3,135
top third
69thof 473
top third
Gross margin
gross profit ÷ revenue
21.9%
23rdof 1,603
bottom third
30thof 221
bottom third
Operating margin
operating income ÷ revenue
9.0%
66thof 2,819
middle third
75thof 483
top third
Net margin
net income ÷ revenue
-9.8%
30thof 3,263
bottom third
53rdof 518
middle third
Free-cash-flow margin
(operating cash flow − |capex|) ÷ revenue
9.7%
66thof 2,679
middle third
76thof 433
top third
Return on equity
net income ÷ stockholders' equity (positive equity only)
-11.8%
33rdof 3,577
bottom third
66thof 701
middle third
Stock comp ÷ revenue
stock-based compensation ÷ revenue · lower is ranked higher
1.4%
60thof 2,895
middle third
72ndof 476
top third
Days sales outstanding
receivables ÷ revenue × 365 · lower is ranked higher
43 days
58thof 2,398
middle third
61stof 387
middle third
Net debt ÷ operating cash flow
net debt ÷ operating cash flow (OCF > 0) · lower is ranked higher
1.4×
59thof 1,547
middle third
65thof 145
middle third
Cash-flow accrual ratio
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets · lower is ranked higher
-13.8%
82ndof 3,577
top third
74thof 673
top third
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets · lower is ranked higher
-56.6%
91stof 3,059
top third
81stof 593
top third

Each filer's latest fiscal year as stored by the nightly crawl; fiscal year ends differ across the universe. A metric ranks only filers for which it is computable from filed facts. Ties split; a rank reads "better than N% of filers" in the metric's own direction. Descriptive and educational, not a rating.

Earnings quality

latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · accruals and cash conversion as filed
Cash conversion
-
operating cash flow ÷ net income, latest fiscal year
Cash-flow accrual ratio
-13.8%
(net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets
Balance-sheet accrual ratio
-56.6%
change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets
Cash-backed years
5 of 5
fiscal years where operating cash flow met or exceeded net income
Mean cash conversion
2.23×
across the stored fiscal years with positive net income

Per fiscal year from filed facts: cash conversion = operating cash flow / net income (net income > 0); cash-flow accrual ratio = (net income - operating cash flow) / average total assets; balance-sheet accrual ratio = change in net operating assets / average net operating assets, NOA = (assets - cash) - (liabilities - debt). Descriptive; a missing input yields a missing ratio. High accrual ratios and cash conversion well below one are the measures the accruals literature associates with less persistent earnings; they are screens to read the cash-flow statement with, not conclusions. The per-year series is part of Pro risk analysis.

Point-in-time ledger

first-reported vs latest filing · periods since 2020-01-01 · 71 changed periods, 30 largest shown
Line itemPeriodFirst reportedLatest filingChangeFilings
Operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
fiscal year 2020-12-31-$163M
10-K 2021-03-17
$51.6M
10-K 2023-02-28
+131.7%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
quarter 2020-12-31-$246M
10-K 2021-03-17
$11M
10-K 2022-03-01
+104.5%first · latest
Operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
quarter 2020-06-30$41.2M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$9.85M
10-K 2022-03-01
-76.1%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Intangibles
IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
balance at 2020-12-31$526M
10-K 2021-03-17
$137M
10-K 2022-03-01
-73.9%first · latest · 5 filings carry it
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
quarter 2020-06-30$360M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$116M
10-K 2022-03-01
-67.8%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
quarter 2020-09-30$380M
10-Q 2020-11-03
$131M
10-K 2022-03-01
-65.6%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Receivables
AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
balance at 2020-12-31$133M
10-K 2021-03-17
$45.9M
10-K 2022-03-01
-65.4%first · latest · 5 filings carry it
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
quarter 2020-03-31$362M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$126M
10-K 2022-03-01
-65.3%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Capital expenditure
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
quarter 2020-03-31$28.1M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$10M
10-Q 2021-05-17
-64.4%first · latest
Gross profit
GrossProfit
quarter 2020-06-30$92.8M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$34.9M
10-K 2022-03-01
-62.4%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
quarter 2020-09-30$47M
10-Q 2020-11-03
$18.8M
10-K 2022-03-01
-60.1%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Depreciation and amortization
DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
quarter 2020-03-31$45.7M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$18.7M
10-Q 2021-05-17
-59.1%first · latest
Depreciation and amortization
DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
quarter 2020-09-30$45.8M
10-Q 2020-11-03
$19.1M
10-Q 2021-11-09
-58.3%first · latest
Depreciation and amortization
DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
quarter 2020-06-30$44.8M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$18.7M
10-Q 2021-08-09
-58.2%first · latest
Gross profit
GrossProfit
quarter 2020-09-30$96.5M
10-Q 2020-11-03
$40.8M
10-K 2022-03-01
-57.7%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Cash
CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
balance at 2020-06-30$88.6M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$37.5M
10-Q 2021-08-09
-57.6%first · latest
Gross profit
GrossProfit
quarter 2020-03-31$88.6M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$37.7M
10-K 2022-03-01
-57.4%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
quarter 2020-12-31$282M
10-K 2021-03-17
$124M
10-K 2022-03-01
-55.9%first · latest
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
fiscal year 2020-12-31$1.11B
10-K 2021-03-17
$496M
10-K 2023-02-28
-55.2%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Depreciation and amortization
DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
fiscal year 2020-12-31$152M
10-K 2021-03-17
$76.9M
10-K 2023-02-28
-49.3%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Cash
CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
balance at 2020-03-31$108M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$54.7M
10-Q 2021-05-17
-49.2%first · latest
Operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
quarter 2020-03-31$23.4M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$12M
10-K 2022-03-01
-48.7%first · latest · 4 filings carry it
Goodwill
Goodwill
balance at 2020-12-31$718M
10-K 2021-03-17
$392M
10-K 2023-02-28
-45.4%first · latest · 6 filings carry it
Gross profit
GrossProfit
fiscal year 2020-12-31$273M
10-K 2021-03-17
$151M
10-K 2023-02-28
-44.8%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Gross profit
GrossProfit
quarter 2020-12-31$67.2M
10-K 2021-03-17
$37.5M
10-K 2022-03-01
-44.1%first · latest
Interest expense
InterestExpense
quarter 2020-09-30$18.6M
10-Q 2020-11-03
$10.4M
10-Q 2021-11-09
-44.0%first · latest
Capital expenditure
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
fiscal year 2020-12-31$97.1M
10-K 2021-03-17
$54.8M
10-K 2023-02-28
-43.5%first · latest · 3 filings carry it
Interest expense
InterestExpense
quarter 2020-03-31$24.5M
10-Q 2020-05-11
$15.3M
10-Q 2021-05-17
-37.4%first · latest
Interest expense
InterestExpense
quarter 2020-06-30$22.3M
10-Q 2020-08-03
$15.1M
10-Q 2021-08-09
-32.0%first · latest
Receivables
AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
balance at 2024-12-31$77.9M
10-K 2025-02-28
$53.2M
10-K 2026-02-27
-31.7%first · latest · 5 filings carry it

First filing reporting each period vs the latest filing carrying it (10-K and 10-Q only, periods since 2020, the extractor's winning tag per concept); a change under 0.5% is treated as rounding. A change can be a restatement, a reclassification or a re-tagging in a later comparative column; the two filings are linked so the reader can see which. Descriptive, not a verdict.

Notes by disclosure type

Not available for ECVT yet: no footnote text blocks on file for this filer in the ingested DERA files.

Fundamentals from SEC EDGAR. Scores, the DCF, and every model shown are educational analysis, not investment advice or price predictions.

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