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 invested capital

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Ingevity Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.33%, up 11.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.47%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.47% (fiscal 2025) to 18.6% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −2.47% (0.66)
FY2024 −1.81% (8.35)
FY2023 6.54% (3.08)
FY2022 9.62% (1.39)
FY2021 11.0% 0.67
FY2020 10.3% 0.41
FY2019 9.93% (5.82)
FY2018 15.8% (2.81)
FY2017 18.6% 7.84
FY2016 10.7% (6.48)

Against its own ten years

Low −2.47% High 18.6%
Ten-year median 10.3%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 23.6%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 10.1%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation 9.33%
IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 9.12%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 5.77%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 4.50%
CC The Chemours Company compare 0.44%
STDN Standard Nuclear Inc compare 0.00%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. compare −0.99%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.21%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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