secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT)
CIK:        0001708035
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001708035-22-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803522000003/0001708035-22-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803522000003/ecvt-20220225.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001708035-22-000003

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