Ingevity Corporation

NGVT Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Ingevity Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.2 billion, down 2.71% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−5.25%
EPS
+125.4%
Free cash flow
−136.1%
Total debt
−14.5%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

64.75 8.98 −12.18%
Market cap
$2.2B
P/E
42.0×
Fwd P/E
18.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.84
Beneish M
−4.00
Dividend safety
n/a

Ingevity Corporation (NGVT) Return on equity

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Ingevity Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 64.4%, up 213.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−148.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −148.6% (fiscal 2025) to 61.3% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −148.6% (44.49)
FY2024 −104.1% (103.30)
FY2023 −0.81% (31.65)
FY2022 30.8% 30.84
FY2021 0.00% (30.93)
FY2020 30.9% (11.32)
FY2019 42.3% (12.60)
FY2018 54.9% (6.48)
FY2017 61.3% 50.53
FY2016 10.8% (6.20)

Against its own ten years

Low −148.6% High 61.3%
Ten-year median 17.0%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
NGVT Ingevity Corporation 64.4%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 30.4%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 16.0%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 10.5%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 9.58%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 6.98%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare −7.75%
CC The Chemours Company compare −67.5%
STDN Standard Nuclear Inc compare —
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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