---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001708035-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T22:24:59.169770+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst FY2022 sales up 34% to $820M, Adj EBITDA up 22% to $277M, exceeding guidance

## Summary
- Full-year sales $820.2M (+34.2% YoY); net income $69.8M vs $1.8M prior year; diluted EPS $0.52.
- Adjusted EBITDA $276.8M (+21.6% YoY), exceeding upwardly revised guidance; Adj diluted EPS $0.84.
- Q4 sales $182.8M (+7.4% YoY); Q4 net income $21.5M (+176%); Q4 Adj EBITDA $69.2M (+9.4%).
- Net debt leverage ratio improved to 2.8x from 3.3x; repurchased 16.5M shares for $136.7M in FY2022.
- In Q4, repurchased 8M shares at $7.88 avg in secondary offering, reducing sponsor ownership below 10%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001708035-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000004/0001708035-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000004/ecvt-20230228.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001708035-23-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001708035-23-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001708035-23-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ecovyst Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 28, 2023 , Ecovyst Inc. issued a press release announcing the reporting of its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000004/0001708035-23-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.