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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001708035-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:15:36.115395+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst reports Q4/FY2021 sales up 23%; guides 16% Adjusted EBITDA growth in 2022

## Summary
- FY2021 sales $611.2M (+23% YoY); net income $1.8M (diluted EPS $0.01); Adjusted EBITDA $227.6M (+18%).
- Q4 sales $170.2M (+37%); Adjusted EBITDA $63.2M (+38%); margins 30.6% (+60 bps).
- 2022 outlook: sales $730-$750M (up ~21% at midpoint); Adjusted EBITDA $260-$270M (up ~16%).
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow guidance $115-$125M; net debt leverage reduced to 3.3x.
- Sales of catalysts for renewable fuels nearly tripled vs prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001708035-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803522000003/0001708035-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803522000003/ecvt-20220225.htm

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