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Balchem vs Ecovyst

Over the past year BCPC returned +15.1% and ECVT returned +21.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.18.

BCPC +15.1% ECVT +21.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBCPCECVT
Price$175.51$10.05
Market cap$5.59B$1.10B
Today+0.52%0.00%
1 month+5.7%−3.1%
6 months+8.9%−31.8%
Year to date+14.4%+3.3%
1 year+14.4%+22.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.6%+42.0%
Gross margin36.4%19.9%
Net margin16.1%3.1%
P/E (TTM)32.7×—
Price / sales5.0×1.3×
Net cash$42.7M-$405.2M
Dividend yield0.55%—
Volatility (60d)19.0%25.8%
Short % of float1.6%5.9%
Next earnings——

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