CVSA
Covista Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY
Consumer Defensive
DELAYED
Last price
134.67
▲ 6.63 (5.18%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
128.04
Prev close
128.04
Day high
132.78
Day low
126.42
Volume
343.02K
Market cap
$4.51B
P/E (TTM)
17.67
52W range
86.97 – 156.26
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
+0.26%
+1.6%
1M
+14.96%
+11.2%
3M
+6.67%
+3.6%
6M
+36.95%
+25.9%
YTD
+27.91%
+15.6%
1Y
+1.44%
-18.6%
3Y
+216.55%
+142.4%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$4.51B
Enterprise value$5.00B
Revenue (TTM)$1.95B
Gross profit$1.12B
EBITDA$444.78M
Net income$267.38M
EPS (TTM)$7.49
Free cash flow$323.94M
Total cash$406.32M
Total debt$905.49M
Book value / share$42.49
Shares outstanding34.04M
Float33.24M
Short % of float7.01%
Dividend yield—
Beta (5Y)0.62
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E17.67
Forward P/E13.23
PEG ratio0.97
Price / sales—
Price / book3.11
EV / revenue2.56
EV / EBITDA11.25
Gross margin57.34%
Operating margin19.26%
Profit margin12.87%
Return on equity18.57%
Return on assets8.45%
Debt / equity62.61
Current ratio1.09
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $1.95B | $1.79B | $1.58B | $1.45B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $251.57M | $237.06M | $136.78M | $93.36M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $251.57M | $237.06M | $136.78M | $93.36M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1.89 | 2.09 | +10.4% |
| Mar 2026 | 1.72 | 1.98 | +15.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 2.19 | 2.43 | +11.1% |
| Sep 2025 | 1.58 | 1.75 | +10.9% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 1.84 | 4 | $491.31M | +6.3% |
| Next quarter | 2.40 | 4 | $519.81M | +3.3% |
| Current year | 9.05 | 4 | $2.07B | +6.1% |
| Next year | 10.01 | 4 | $2.22B | +7.2% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$159.50
High target$175.00
Low target$140.00
Implied upside18.44%
Analyst count4
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 3
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders2.50%
Held by institutions103.49%
Institutions holding523
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
-27.18K
Net selling
Buy transactions
3
41.55K shares
Sell transactions
11
68.73K shares
Net transactions
+14
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
1.7 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
849.27K
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 26 | BEARD STEPHEN W. Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 3.54K | $462.07K | Direct |
| Aug 7, 26 | BECK DOUGLAS G General Counsel |
SELL | 4.53K | $614.68K | Direct |
| Aug 7, 26 | PHELAN, ROBERT JOHN Chief Financial Officer |
SELL | 2.19K | $295.44K | Direct |
| Jul 13, 26 | BEARD STEPHEN W. Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 5.29K | $702.40K | Direct |
| Jul 8, 26 | BECK DOUGLAS G General Counsel |
SELL | 5.09K | $688.91K | Direct |
| Jul 8, 26 | PHELAN, ROBERT JOHN Chief Financial Officer |
SELL | 5.31K | $719.50K | Direct |
| Jun 11, 26 | BEARD STEPHEN W. Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 5.29K | $690.20K | Direct |
| May 8, 26 | BECK DOUGLAS G Officer |
SELL | 9.62K | $1.22M | Direct |
| May 8, 26 | COX KAREN SUE Officer |
SELL | 2.00K | $249.00K | Direct |
| May 8, 26 | PHELAN, ROBERT JOHN Chief Financial Officer |
SELL | 10.00K | $1.26M | Direct |
| May 8, 26 | BEARD STEPHEN W. Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 15.87K | $2.08M | Direct |
| Mar 11, 26 | MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W Director |
BUY | 36.04K | $3.64M | |
| Mar 3, 26 | MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W Director |
BUY | 1.20K | $117.56K | Indirect |
| Dec 10, 25 | BEARD STEPHEN W. Chief Executive Officer |
STOCK | 5.33K | $0 | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
BEARD STEPHEN W. |
Chief Executive Officer | 415.20K | Sale |
BECK DOUGLAS G |
General Counsel | 28.54K | Sale |
BETZ MICHAEL |
Officer | 33.29K | Stock Award(Grant) |
COX KAREN SUE |
Officer | 31.60K | Sale |
HERRERA MAURICE |
Officer | 20.58K | Stock Award(Grant) |
MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W |
Director | — | Purchase |
PHELAN KENNETH J. |
Director | 19.84K | Stock Award(Grant) |
PHELAN, ROBERT JOHN |
Chief Financial Officer | 48.31K | Sale |
TRENT EVAN |
Officer | 24.13K | Stock Award(Grant) |
WARDELL LISA W. |
Director | 44.25K | Stock Award(Grant) |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
130.34
+3.32% from price
SMA 20
129.32
+2.35% from price
SMA 50
125.75
+5.25% from price
SMA 100
122.79
+9.68% from price
SMA 200
112.70
+17.44% from price
EMA 12
130.18
+3.45% from price
EMA 26
128.28
+4.98% from price
EMA 50
126.17
+6.74% from price
RSI (14)
54.6
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
1.90
Hist 0.09
ATR (14)
6.53
4.93% of price
Realised vol 30D
71.5%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
137.79
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
120.85
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
125.75 vs 112.70
Trend bias
Above 200
+17.44%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.10
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.02
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
71.5%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-42.1%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-50.2%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
6.53
4.93% of price
Beta (reported)
0.62
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.29
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.36
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
130.00
-1.8% from spot
ATM implied vol
47.4%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+12.0%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
97
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
28
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
135.00
145 contracts
Heaviest put OI
100.00
23 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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