Analyzing Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI)

Ecovyst (NYSE:ECVT) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Ecovyst and General Enterprise Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ecovyst	0	0	4	0	3.00
General Enterprise Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00

Ecovyst currently has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 39.07%. Given Ecovyst’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ecovyst is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.7% of Ecovyst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ecovyst shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Ecovyst has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 5.16, suggesting that its share price is 416% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ecovyst and General Enterprise Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecovyst	7.74%	7.07%	2.76%
General Enterprise Ventures	-544.66%	-162.24%	-104.56%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ecovyst and General Enterprise Ventures”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ecovyst	$695.34 million	1.30	$71.15 million	$0.46	16.80
General Enterprise Ventures	$520,000.00	52.55	-$10.10 million	($0.08)	-9.28

Ecovyst has higher revenue and earnings than General Enterprise Ventures. General Enterprise Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecovyst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Ecovyst beats General Enterprise Ventures on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ecovyst

Ecovyst Inc. offers specialty catalysts and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Ecoservices and Advanced Materials & Catalysts. The Ecoservices segment provides sulfuric acid recycling services and end-to-end logistics for production of alkylate for refineries; and virgin sulfuric acid for mining, water treatment, and industrial applications. The Advanced Materials & Catalysts segment offers advanced materials and specialty catalyst products and process solutions to producers and licensors of polyethylene and advanced silicas. This segment also supplies specialty zeolites and zeolite-based catalysts to customers for refining of oil primarily hydrocracking catalyst and dewaxing, sustainable fuels, and emission control systems for both on-road and non-road diesel engines. The company was formerly known as PQ Group Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ecovyst Inc. in August 2021. Ecovyst Inc. was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

About General Enterprise Ventures

General Enterprise Ventures, Inc., engages in installing large home and facility proactive wildfire prevention systems. It offers CitroTech products for the prevention and spread of wildfires, as well as lumber treatments for fire prevention. The company was formerly known as General Entertainment Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. in October 2021. General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.