Ingevity Corporation (NGVT)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | North Charleston, United States | NYSE
69.43 USD
-0.31
(-0.445%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 69.43 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:04 a.m. EDT
The immediate catalyst here is the massive earnings beat, with adjusted EPS of $1.74 significantly exceeding the $1.33 estimate, which has fueled a sharp price rally. However, the underlying business faces a severe headwind: revenue contracted by 5.2% year-over-year, and the stock trades at a grotesque 97x trailing P/E despite forward estimates suggesting a much tighter multiple. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt-to-equity soaring to 2,636x, indicating that equity value is being eroded by leverage rather than generated by operations. While the options market is aggressively betting on further gains, the fundamental reality is a company shrinking its top line while trading at a premium valuation. This creates a dangerous divergence where the price is decoupled from the deteriorating operational metrics. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.062449 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.080276 |
| AutoETS | 0.080504 |
| MSTL | 0.081069 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 1.91 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.098 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 2636.034 |
| Revenue per Share | 32.687 |
| Market Cap | 2,386,859,008 |
| Trailing P/E | 97.79 |
| Forward P/E | 11.55 |
| Beta | 1.18 |
| Profit Margins | 4.65% |
| Website | https://www.ingevity.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:04 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct bullish bias with zero put volume across all expirations and significant open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 75, 77.5, 80). Implied volatility is elevated for near-term calls compared to puts, suggesting speculators are positioning for upside continuation rather than protection against a drop.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.18582404 |
| Address1 | 4,920 O'Hear Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 120.41 |
| All Time Low | 23.0 |
| Ask | 72.95 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 206,200 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 261,614 |
| Average Volume | 261,614 |
| Average Volume10Days | 206,200 |
| Beta | 1.18 |
| Bid | 68.86 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 1.36 |
| 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 | 69.43 |
| Current Ratio | 1.611 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 70.18 |
| Day Low | 68.74 |
| Debt To Equity | 2,636.034 |
| Display Name | Ingevity |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,420,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,420,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 372,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.32112 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.463 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.039 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,525,759,232 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.24333 |
| Eps Forward | 6.01333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.71 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 73.558 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.1279984 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.05611896 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.582403 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 79.29 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.860001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12435365 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 45.85 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 23.580002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.51428574 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 45.85 - 79.29 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,462,282,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 34,063,364 |
| Forward Eps | 6.01333 |
| Forward P E | 11.546016 |
| Free Cashflow | 88,937,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,400 |
| Fullday Change | -0.309998 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.444505 |
| Fullday Price | 69.43 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.41127 |
| Gross Profits | 477,200,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00765 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.0538 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 34,377,922 |
| 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 | 2,386,859,008 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_313060799 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 25,200,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,397,516,280 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 70.38 |
| Operating Cashflow | 211,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.29895002 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.41 |
| Phone | 843 740 2300 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 69.43 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 69.74 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.241585 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 51.05147 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.057105 |
| Profit Margins | 0.04654 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.776 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.309998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.444505 |
| Regular Market Day High | 70.18 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 68.74 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 68.74 - 70.18 |
| Regular Market Open | 70.38 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 69.74 |
| Regular Market Price | 69.43 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 214,387 |
| Return On Assets | 0.10413 |
| Return On Equity | 0.30072 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.052 |
| Revenue Per Share | 32.687 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 34,377,922 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0364 |
| Shares Short | 1,251,332 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,198,437 |
| Short Name | Ingevity Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0514 |
| Short Ratio | 5.04 |
| 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 | 97,400,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.833 |
| Total Debt | 1,236,300,032 |
| Total Revenue | 1,160,300,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.71 |
| Trailing P E | 97.788734 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 68.11645 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.3135529 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.01928393 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 214,387 |
| Website | https://www.ingevity.com |
| Zip | 29,405 |