Ingevity Corporation (NGVT)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | North Charleston, United States | NYSE
72.94 USD
+1.34
(1.872%)
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(July 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:57 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Ingevity is currently bifurcated between a recovering business and a distressed capital structure. Fundamentally, the company shows signs of life with a 25% year-to-date price gain, top-line growth of 4%, and a turnaround in quarterly earnings driven by pricing power and favorable currency effects. The forward P/E of 12x suggests the market prices in a significant recovery, yet the balance sheet remains a critical liability with a debt-to-equity ratio of 3200% and negative trailing EPS, indicating that current profitability is not yet sustainable enough to support the full valuation multiple. From a technical perspective, the stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming a short-term uptrend, but the statistical forecasting model offers a weak bearish lean (-0.67%) with low confidence, highlighting the volatility inherent in this recovery phase. The options market provides the clearest signal of sentiment: traders are buying insurance (puts) rather than betting on further gains, implying skepticism about whether the rally can sustain itself against the backdrop of high leverage. While the operational turnaround appears genuine, the extreme financial distress prevents a 'buy' rating; investors are likely waiting for the balance sheet to normalize before committing capital. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_57 ✓ | 0.053289 |
| AutoTheta | 0.065695 |
| AutoETS | 0.065763 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.065764 |
| MSTL | 0.086273 |
| MSTL_57_105 | 0.112094 |
| MSTL_105 | 0.143859 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_57
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 2.22 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.360 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.35 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3200.0 |
| Revenue per Share | 32.768 |
| Market Cap | 2,536,247,040 |
| Forward P/E | 12.28 |
| Beta | 1.17 |
| Profit Margins | -10.85% |
| Website | https://www.ingevity.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:57 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for downside protection, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 52.5 and 57.5) which significantly outweighs call volume. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, suggesting limited speculative appetite for a rapid rally despite the recent price surge.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.6034293 |
| Address1 | 4,920 O'Hear Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 120.41 |
| All Time Low | 23.0 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 223,570 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 264,537 |
| Average Volume | 264,537 |
| Average Volume10Days | 223,570 |
| Beta | 1.168 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 1.115 |
| City | North Charleston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 72.94 |
| Current Ratio | 1.421 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 73.2 |
| Day Low | 71.29 |
| Debt To Equity | 3,200.0 |
| Display Name | Ingevity |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,441,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,441,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.99 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.917 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,355,200 |
| Ebitda | 360,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.30618998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.221 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.13 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,685,647,104 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.00667 |
| Eps Forward | 5.94 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -4.29 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 71.1146 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.8254013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.025668446 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 60.342934 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 79.29 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.3499985 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.08008574 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 39.74 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 33.2 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.83543026 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 39.74 - 79.29 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,462,282,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 34,439,620 |
| Forward Eps | 5.94 |
| Forward P E | 12.279462 |
| Free Cashflow | 225,800,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,400 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.39569 |
| Gross Profits | 466,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00822 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.06709 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 34,771,690 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Ingevity Corporation manufactures and sells activated carbon products, derivative specialty chemicals, and engineered polymers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. It operates through three segments: Performance Materials, Performance Chemicals, and Advanced Polymer Technologies. The Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based and chemically activated carbon products for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, trucks, motorcycles, and boats. This segment also produces other activated carbon products for food, water, beverage, and chemical purification applications. The Performance Chemicals segment consists of road technologies and industrial specialties. This segment's products are used in pavement construction, pavement preservation, pavement reconstruction and recycling, road markings, agrochemical dispersants, lubricants, certain adhesives, rubber, and other industrial uses. The Advanced Polymer Technologies segment produces caprolactone and caprolactone-based specialty polymers for use in coatings, resins, elastomers, adhesives, bioplastics, and medical devices. It serves automotive parts manufacturers through sales representatives, third-party sales representatives, and distributors. The company was formerly known as WestRock Company, Specialty Chemicals Business and changed its name to Ingevity Corporation in September 2015. Ingevity Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Long Name | Ingevity Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,536,247,040 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_313060799 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -156,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,536,247,068 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 72.5 |
| Operating Cashflow | 303,800,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.26744 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.41 |
| Phone | 843 740 2300 |
| Previous Close | 71.6 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 14.568566 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 65.417046 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.1535597 |
| Profit Margins | -0.10852 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.622 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.34 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.87151 |
| Regular Market Day High | 73.2 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 71.29 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 71.29 - 73.2 |
| Regular Market Open | 72.5 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 71.6 |
| Regular Market Price | 72.94 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,059,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 324,794 |
| Return On Assets | 0.09032 |
| Return On Equity | -1.1407701 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.041 |
| Revenue Per Share | 32.768 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.2043345 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 34,771,690 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.032899998 |
| Shares Short | 1,143,916 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 941,986 |
| Short Name | Ingevity Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0462 |
| Short Ratio | 3.56 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | SC |
| Symbol | NGVT |
| Target High Price | 92.0 |
| Target Low Price | 85.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 89.0 |
| Target Median Price | 90.0 |
| Total Cash | 95,400,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.744 |
| Total Debt | 1,244,800,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,177,699,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -4.29 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 64.8982 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 8.041801 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.123914085 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 324,794 |
| Website | https://www.ingevity.com |
| Zip | 29,405 |