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CVSA

Covista Inc.
NYSE· Services-Educational Services· Inc. DE· CIK 0000730464 Services
$131.55 −0.27 (−0.20%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $131.82
Market cap
$4.5B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
80% Buy or better · 10 analysts
Median target
$160.00
+22% · range $140.00–175.00
Next earnings
Oct 29
in 3 days
1 year
−14.5%
from $153.84 · Oct 27
30 days
+11.9%
from $117.51
52-week range
$89.36–153.98
−15% from high · low Nov 24
Avg volume 20D
276.6K
shares / day
Short interest
2.54M
≈7.5% of shares · +31.2%
Days to cover
6.1
at average volume
Insider net
−$9.4M
1 buyer · 5 sellers · since Mar 11
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 1 exit
SecBot read MIXED 8 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 8 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 8/8 ·Next Earnings date, Oct 29, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL Covista Inc. filed its definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting, featuring strong FY26…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

  • B Mar 11 1 insider buy $897.3K at $100.94
  • R Apr 9 Covista Inc. released an investor newsletter highlighting its strate…
  • S Jun 10 to Jun 11 2 days of insider sells: $690.2K by 1 insider, avg $130.45
  • S Jul 7 to Jul 13 3 days of insider sells: $2.1M by 3 insiders, avg $134.50
  • S Aug 7 to Aug 11 2 days of insider sells: $1.4M by 3 insiders, avg $133.78
  • A Sep 3 Truist Securities downgrades
  • X Sep 30 Short interest jumps 31.2% to 2.54M
  • S Oct 8 to Oct 9 2 days of insider sells: $1.1M by 1 insider, avg $130.59

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    1 insider bought $897.3K at an average $100.94. 5 insiders sold $10.3M. Price is 30% above their cost.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 23 added (0 new), 24 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    8 of 10 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersBUILDING

    Short interest +31.2% to 2.54M shares. 6.1 days to cover, ≈7.5% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    3% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
1
exit
FundMoveSharesValue
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ADD767,934$95.7M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/TRIM193,740$24.2M
Nuveen, LLCADD192,024$23.9M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCTRIM163,146$20.3M
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORPDOUBLED108,376$13.5M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MNADD102,347$12.8M
Qube Research & Technologies LtdDOUBLED101,455$12.6M
UBS Group AGTRIM68,440$8.5M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

10 analysts
Buy 80% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy4Buy4Hold2Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 4 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +22%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 5, 2026BMO Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Sep 3, 2026Truist Securities
DOWNGRADE
DOWNGRADEHold
Jun 8, 2026Barrington Research
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
May 11, 2026Truist Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy

Insider ledger

Form 4
$897.3K
bought · 1 insider
$10.3M
sold · 5 insiders
+30.3%
vs their $100.94 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 15, 2026
Hill Sara
CHRO
TAX W/H$168.2K
Oct 15, 2026
CHIU EMILY C
Director
AWARD$33.0K
Oct 15, 2026
Storms Leslie
Director
AWARD$33.0K
Oct 9, 2026
Beard, Stephen W.
Chairman & CEO
SELL$610.3K
Oct 8, 2026
Beard, Stephen W.
Chairman & CEO
SELL$474.4K
Aug 31, 2026
MALAFRONTE MICHAEL W
Director
GIFT2,500 sh
Aug 27, 2026
Gangadharan Manjunath
VP, Chief Accounting Officer
SELL$247.2K
Aug 23, 2026
Gangadharan Manjunath
VP, Chief Accounting Officer
AWARD$198.5K

Earnings setup

Estimates
Oct 29
reports in 3 days

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Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
2,541,398
shares short
+31.2%
vs prior settlement
6.1
days to cover
≈7.5%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 15, 2026 Insider
Hill Sara surrendered for taxes 1,322 shares
CHRO @ $127.24 ($168.2K)
Oct 15, 2026 Insider
CHIU EMILY C was granted 259 shares
Director @ $127.24 ($33.0K)
Oct 15, 2026 Insider
Storms Leslie was granted 259 shares
Director @ $127.24 ($33.0K)
Oct 14, 2026 SEC
Covista Inc. filed a DEFA14A proxy supplement clarifying that broker non-votes count only for quorum and Proposal No…
DEFA14A — Impact 2/10
Oct 9, 2026 SEC
Director Stephen W. Beard filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 4,667 shares of Covista Inc. common stock, valued…
144 — Impact 3/10
Oct 8, 2026 SEC
Director Stephen W. Beard filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 3,639 shares of Covista Inc. common stock, with an…
144 — Impact 2/10
Sep 30, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: CVSA up 31% to 2.5M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.06 | ≈7.51% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES — ADD
767,934 shares ($95.7M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Oct 29, 2026
Earnings date
CVSA Q1 2027 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-10-29
Recent
Sep 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: CVSA up 31% to 2.5M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.06 | ≈7.51% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 6, 2026
Earnings date
CVSA Q4 2026 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-08-06
May 11, 2026
Short interest
FTD: CVSA — 29,432 shares ($3.9M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260511, Price: $133.73, FTD Value: $3,935,941.36, COVISTA INC
May 7, 2026
Earnings date
CVSA Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-05-07
Mar 13, 2026
Short interest
FTD: CVSA — 5,254 shares ($0.5M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260313, Price: $103.84, FTD Value: $545,575.36, COVISTA INC

SecBot reports

14 filings · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 11 neutral
All CVSA filing & press-release reports (14)