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Ecovyst vs Balchem

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

ECVT +21.5% BCPC +15.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricECVTBCPC
Price$10.05$175.51
Market cap$1.10B$5.59B
Today0.00%+0.52%
1 month−3.1%+5.7%
6 months−31.8%+8.9%
Year to date+3.3%+14.4%
1 year+22.7%+14.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+42.0%+8.6%
Gross margin19.9%36.4%
Net margin3.1%16.1%
P/E (TTM)—32.7×
Price / sales1.3×5.0×
Net cash-$405.2M$42.7M
Dividend yield—0.55%
Volatility (60d)25.8%19.0%
Short % of float5.9%1.6%
Next earnings——

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