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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001708035-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T02:14:37.764640+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst Q4 net loss $30.5M on $65M impairment; guides 2025 sales $755-815M

## Summary
- Q4 net loss $30.5M (diluted loss $0.26) vs net income $30M a year ago; includes $65M non-cash impairment on Zeolyst JV.
- Full year sales $704.5M (+2% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $238.2M (29.0% margin).
- 2025 guidance: sales $755-815M, adj. EBITDA $238-258M, adj. diluted EPS $0.50-0.70.
- Strategic review of Advanced Materials & Catalysts segment underway, expected completion mid-2025.
- Net debt leverage 3.0x; $229.6M remaining in share repurchase authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001708035-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803525000063/0001708035-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803525000063/ecvt-20250227.htm

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