Valuation
26% of the score
30median 13
Ecovyst Inc. is valued at 20.1x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
20.1x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
ECVTEcovyst Inc.
$10.03+9.6% 1Y
$10.03
$7.8452 weeks$14.97
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 52 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Ecovyst Inc. scores higher than 54% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
5median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 2.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
2.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 3.4%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
67median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 6 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
6.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
100median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 3.2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-3.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -17% a year, sales 7.8%
10012%
-2%
-25%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
95median 62
Today's operating margin of 9.4% is 0.74x its normal 13%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.7x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 9.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
24median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA3.3x a year of EBITDA
294.5x
0.5x
3.3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
181.5x
12x
3.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 13.8% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-14%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-3.00
100-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-3.00
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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