---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001708035-24-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:52:47.661547+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst Q2 net income falls 68% to $8.3M; cuts FY2024 Adj EBITDA guidance by ~10%

## Summary
- Q2 sales $182.8M vs $184.1M YoY; net income $8.3M vs $26.1M; diluted EPS $0.07.
- Adjusted EBITDA $56.9M, down 28% YoY; margin 26.8%.
- FY2024 Adj EBITDA guidance cut to $230-245M from $255-275M; sales guidance to $700-740M.
- Zeolyst JV sales decline: Q2 proportionate share $29.0M vs $44.7M; full-year JV sales guidance cut to $115-135M.
- Repurchased 552,081 shares at avg $9.05 for $5.0M; amended term loan to June 2031.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001708035-24-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1708035/000170803524000097/0001708035-24-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803524000097/ecvt-20240801.htm

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