Covista Inc.

CVSA Consumer Defensive Education & Training Services

Covista Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $2.0 billion, up 9.27% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.69%, EPS grew 40.7%, free cash flow grew 102.2% and total debt rose 19.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

126.75 0.49 −0.39%
Market cap
$4.3B
P/E
17.7×
Fwd P/E
15.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.17
Beneish M
−2.71
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 3.89
Total sells 10.32
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 2 — — — 2 — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — 4 1 3 4 — 1
Insider Ownership 6.18%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,310.00
Revenue 1,954.08
Net Income 251.57
Free Cash Flow 392.73
Net Debt 255.10
Current Ratio 1.09
Debt/Equity 0.46 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 17.68
Fwd P/E 15.00
P/S ratio 2.27
P/B ratio 3.07
Past 5Y EPS Growth 36.42% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 9.64%
Next Y EPS Growth 10.61%
Next Y revenue growth 6.14%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.43%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 29.85%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 69.26%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 93.55%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 67.31%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 22.20%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2016 0.36
0.18
0.18
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 275 221 201 408
Receivables 103 127 146 170
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
480 418 416 652
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 82 103 105 125
ST’ Debt 38 — — 5
Other — — — —
431 488 508 597

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.11% 16.79% 10.44%
Cash Flow 7.35% 19.60% 34.83%
Earnings 0.00% 29.14% 39.16%
Book Value (0.89%) 2.14% (0.26%)

Revenue $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 462 503 487 501 1,954
’25 417 448 466 457 1,788
’24 369 393 413 410 1,585
’23 354 363 369 365 1,451
’22 289 371 364 357 1,382
’21 268 234 230 166 899
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 131 30 186 124 470
’25 89 (19) 208 60 338
’24 95 (13) 154 60 296
’23 91 (50) 108 42 192
’22 41 (40) 51 (41) 11
’21 80 (17) 81 48 192
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 115 15 166 97 393
’25 79 (30) 198 48 295
’24 85 (22) 141 44 247
’23 86 (54) 99 36 166
’22 34 (48) 43 (50) (20)
’21 65 (22) 72 37 152
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1.67 2.11 1.20 2.06 7.04
’25 1.18 1.98 1.59 1.44 6.18
’24 0.25 0.98 0.93 1.28 3.39
’23 0.05 0.52 1.00 0.50 2.05
’22 (1.17) 0.36 7.09 0.18 6.57
’21 0.38 0.44 0.48 0.18 1.49
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to June

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 30.15 41.76 27.58 19.76 26.66 19.14 33.59 43.78 86.26 90.47

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 46.00 58.80 51.79 38.47 43.85 44.40 62.23 92.93 156.26 142.13
People
People Employees 9,863 12,318 9,056 4,299 4,426 4,682 9,655 9,938 10,371 10,680
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.08 0.11 0.20 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,208 960 1,014 866 899 1,382 1,451 1,585 1,788 1,954
Gross margin, % 47.16 51.94 53.47 47.24 49.08 52.25 55.30 55.92 56.86 57.34
EBT 131 156 140 205 76 (51) 112 164 299 345
EBT margin, % 10.87 16.26 13.78 23.66 8.43 (3.73) 7.72 10.35 16.69 17.66
Net income 123 34 96 (86) 70 311 93 137 237 252
Depreciation 58 42 42 87 87 229 160 114 90 91
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 19.02 15.62 17.32 16.15 17.52 28.56 32.40 40.21 48.22 55.76
Earnings 1.93 0.54 1.63 (1.59) 1.50 6.57 2.08 3.47 6.39 7.18
Cash flow 3.64 3.89 3.50 2.01 3.75 0.22 4.29 7.50 9.11 13.42
Capex (0.67) (0.76) (0.98) (0.62) (0.78) (0.64) (0.58) (1.24) (1.16) (2.22)
Free cash flow 2.97 3.13 2.52 1.39 2.97 (0.42) 3.70 6.26 7.95 11.21
Book value 26.28 24.72 23.77 24.42 25.35 30.82 32.54 34.74 38.66 41.27
Shares, m 63 61 59 54 51 48 45 39 37 35
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.56 92.64 28.49 0.00 23.76 5.52 16.27 19.11 19.91 17.39
P/S 2.00 3.14 2.60 1.93 2.03 1.26 1.06 1.67 2.64 2.24
P/B 1.44 1.99 1.89 1.28 1.41 1.17 1.06 1.94 3.29 3.02
EV/Sales 1.90 2.99 2.78 1.68 1.78 1.65 1.38 1.97 2.86 2.37
EV/FCF 12.15 14.93 19.16 19.59 10.53 (111.60) 12.03 12.62 17.31 11.77
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 231 239 205 108 192 11 192 296 338 470
Capex (43) (47) (58) (33) (40) (31) (26) (49) (43) (78)
Free cash flow 188 193 147 75 152 (20) 166 247 295 393
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 94 322 193 347 1,106 133 49 (70) (92) 56
Total debt 125 293 401 289 1,071 890 733 649 553 663
Net debt (121) (142) 187 (212) (225) 542 458 428 352 255
Shareholders’ equity 1,669 1,519 1,392 1,310 1,301 1,491 1,457 1,369 1,434 1,446
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.54 1.45 4.15 (3.82) 2.64 10.17 3.20 4.93 8.63 8.73
ROIC 5.47 7.59 6.17 6.26 6.41 2.36 5.49 7.55 11.96 14.08
ROE 7.52 2.12 6.54 (6.32) 5.36 22.27 6.33 9.68 16.92 17.47
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jun 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Covista Inc. vs peers in Education & Training Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. $8.4B 20.2× 11.4× +23.04% (above 0%: growing) +900.00% (above 0%: growing) +72.87% (above 0%: growing) 53.10% 5.61% Compare
LAUR Laureate Education $5.4B 17.2× 15.8× +17.50% (above 0%: growing) +50.77% (above 0%: growing) +37.68% (above 0%: growing) 38.59% 36.28% Compare
GHC Graham Holdings Company $5.1B 9.6× 15.5× +7.13% (above 0%: growing) +677.34% (above 0%: growing) −58.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.10% 6.42% Compare
CVSA Covista Inc. $4.3B 17.7× 15.0× +9.69% (above 0%: growing) +40.67% (above 0%: growing) +102.24% (above 0%: growing) 56.77% 19.04%
LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $4.2B 19.4× 16.3× +6.69% (above 0%: growing) +18.24% (above 0%: growing) −15.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 49.36% 22.02% Compare
TAL TAL Education Group $4.2B 7.3× 12.0× +31.89% (above 0%: growing) +1,380.00% (above 0%: growing) +37.51% (above 0%: growing) 57.78% 18.09% Compare
LRN Stride, Inc. $3.5B 10.4× 13.4× −2.69% (below 0%: shrinking) +62.18% (above 0%: growing) +3.70% (above 0%: growing) 34.16% 16.64% Compare
MH McGraw Hill, Inc. $2.7B 27.7× 15.6× +2.65% (above 0%: growing) +9,900.00% (above 0%: growing) +57.50% (above 0%: growing) 79.87% 20.78% Compare
PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation $2.1B 12.0× 11.7× +1.80% (above 0%: growing) +22.22% (above 0%: growing) −3.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 76.15% 25.72% Compare
Median of peers $4.2B 14.6× 14.5× +6.91% +369.76% +20.60% 51.23% 19.44%

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Covista Inc. (CVSA) key facts

  • Strength: Covista Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $2.0 billion, up 9.27% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $251.6 million, or $7.18 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.9%.
  • Covista Inc. (CVSA) is an Education & Training Services company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CVSA traded at $126.75, a market capitalization of $4.3 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 17.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 30% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 17.5% and debt-to-equity 0.46.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.17 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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