Both in Chemicals

Ascent Industries Co vs Ecovyst

Over the past year ACNT returned +13.8% and ECVT returned +22.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

ACNT +13.8% ECVT +22.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACNTECVT
Price$13.75$10.12
Market cap$123.9M$1.11B
Today−0.36%−1.17%
1 month−1.4%+1.6%
6 months−6.7%−29.5%
Year to date−15.1%+4.0%
1 year+12.7%+21.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+37.6%+42.0%
Gross margin21.6%19.9%
Net margin2.6%3.1%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales1.5×1.3×
Net cash$26.1M-$405.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)21.4%28.9%
Short % of float1.9%5.9%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).