Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Ingevity Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Ingevity Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Ingevity Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Ingevity Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for NGVT from analysts
• NGVT’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Ingevity Corporation (NGVT)

Before we jump into Ingevity Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Ingevity Corporation manufactures and sells activated carbon products, derivative specialty chemicals, and engineered polymers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. It operates through three segments: Performance Materials, Performance Chemicals, and Advanced Polymer Technologies. The Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based and chemically activated carbon products for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, trucks, motorcycles, and boats. This segment also produces other activated carbon products for food, water, beverage, and chemical purification applications. The Performance Chemicals segment consists of road technologies and industrial specialties. This segment’s products are used in pavement construction, pavement preservation, pavement reconstruction and recycling, road markings, agrochemical dispersants, lubricants, certain adhesives, rubber, and other industrial uses. The Advanced Polymer Technologies segment produces caprolactone and caprolactone-based specialty polymers for use in coatings, resins, elastomers, adhesives, bioplastics, and medical devices. It serves automotive parts manufacturers through sales representatives, third-party sales representatives, and distributors. The company was formerly known as WestRock Company, Specialty Chemicals Business and changed its name to Ingevity Corporation in September 2015. Ingevity Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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Ingevity Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Ingevity Corporation’s stock price was $73.110.

Ingevity Corporation is up 4.16% from its previous closing price of $70.190.

During the last market session, Ingevity Corporation’s stock traded between $69.410 and $74.280. Currently, there are approximately 34.69 million shares outstanding for Ingevity Corporation.

Ingevity Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 103.6, which is high compared to the Chemicals industry median of 24.8. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Ingevity Corporation Stock Price History

Ingevity Corporation’s (NGVT) price is currently down 2.09% so far this month.

During the month of July, Ingevity Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $77.220 and a low of $67.810.

Over the last year, Ingevity Corporation has hit prices as high as $79.285 and as low as $39.735. Year to date, Ingevity Corporation’s stock is up 23.54%.

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What Caused Ingevity Corporation Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 31, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Ingevity Corporation’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Ingevity Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Ingevity Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Ingevity Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Ingevity Corporation (NGVT) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Ingevity Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 31, 2026, Ingevity Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 7.30%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 76 and is considered to be Strong.

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Ingevity Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, Ingevity Corporation’s stock price is $73.110, which is up 4.16% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Ingevity Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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