Materials / Specialty ChemicalsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

12B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E16.4

P25 10.4P50 15.8P75 24

Trailing P/En/a

P25 15.7P50 22.1P75 35.3

ROE-16

P25 -20.7P50 0.8P75 14.1

ROIC-2.5

P25 -9.3P50 3.2P75 11.3

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Indicator catalog

All WLK market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

247

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 247 of 247 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001262823
Company name	Westlake Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	960413102
Employees	14,600
Employees Change	-940%
Employees Change Percent	-6.05
Enterprise value	$15.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
IPO Date	2004-08-11
Isin	US9604131022
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$12B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$93.85
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	751,780.82x
Sector	Materials
Sic	2860
Symbol	WLK
Website	https://www.westlake.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-13.56%
EV Sales Forward	1.32x
EV/EBITDA	22.56x
EV/Sales	1.45x
FCF yield	-4.22%
Forward P/E	16.37x
P/B ratio	1.41x
P/S ratio	1.1x
PE Ratio10 Y	23.51x
PE Ratio3 Y	58.03x
PE Ratio5 Y	32.46x
PS Forward	0.99x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	-2.81%
EBITDA Margin	6.43%
Gross margin	6.31%
Gross Profit	$693M
Gross Profit Growth	-59.78%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-51.72%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-42.15%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-11.11%
Net Income	$-1.6B
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-15.97%
Profit Margin	-14.91%
Profit Per Employee	$-111,644
ROA	-0.95
Roa5y	5.4
ROCE	-1.82
ROE	-15.95
Roe5y	9.6
ROIC	-2.47
Roic5y	9.87

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	8.71%
Cagr15y	9.73%
Cagr1y	23.6%
Cagr20y	10.9%
Cagr3y	-6.44%
Cagr5y	-0.36%
Div CAGR10	11.54%
Div CAGR3	15.62%
Div CAGR5	14.55%
EPS Growth Years	0
OCF Growth	-58.05%
OCF Growth10 Y	-7.87%
OCF Growth3 Y	-48.11%
OCF Growth5 Y	-21.48%
Revenue Growth	-8.63x
Revenue Growth Q	-6.82x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-10.08x
Revenue Growth5 Y	6.72x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.54
Assets	$19.7B
Cash	$2.5B
Current Assets	$6B
Current Liabilities	$2.7B
Debt	$6.4B
Debt EBITDA	$7.66
Debt Equity	$0.7
Equity	$9.1B
Interest Coverage	-1.64
Liabilities	$10.7B
Long Term Assets	$13.8B
Long Term Liabilities	$7.9B
Net Cash	$-3.9B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-32.47
Net Debt EBITDA	$5.53
Net Debt Equity	$0.43
Tangible Book Value	$6B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$46.73
WACC	5.99

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.17
Inventory Turnover	5.95
Net Working Capital	$1.4B
Quick ratio	1.52
Working Capital	$3.2B
Working Capital Turnover	$3.16

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.66%
Dividend Growth	1.93%
Dividend Growth Years	12%
Dividend per share	$2.12
Dividend Years	23
Dividend Yield	2.26%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-03
Last Dividend	$0.53
Payout Frequency	Quarterly

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	130.54%
1Y total return	23.58%
200-day SMA	87.68
3Y total return	-18.11%
50-day SMA	111.7
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-1.78%
All Time High	162.6
All Time High Change	-42.3%
All Time High Date	2024-04-09
All Time Low	5.15
All Time Low Change	1,722.33%
All Time Low Date	2009-03-09
ATR	4.93
Beta	0.67
Beta1y	1.03
Beta2y	0.85
Ch YTD	26.93
High	98.47
High52	124.2
High52 Date	2026-04-07
High52ch	-24.45%
Low	93.42
Low52	56.33
Low52 Date	2025-11-20
Low52ch	66.61%
Ma50ch	-15.97%
Premarket Change Percent	1.27
Premarket Price	$98.62
Premarket Volume	2,807
Price vs 200-day SMA	7.04%
RSI	27.32
RSI Monthly	46.93
RSI Weekly	48.54
Sharpe ratio	0.6x
Sortino ratio	1.08
Total Return	2.92%
Tr YTD	27.56
Tr15y	302.75%
Tr1m	-23.94%
Tr1w	-18.38%
Tr3m	-1.68%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	13
Analyst Count Top	2
Analyst Price Target Top	$119
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$-0.23
Earnings Revenue Estimate	2,801,733,200x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	-1.56x
Operating Income	$-308M
Operating margin	-2.81
Price target	$107
Price Target Change	$14.17
Price Target Change Top	$26.27

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	33,625,490%
Float Percent	26.24%
Net Borrowing	933,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.8%
Shares Institutions	35.98%
Shares Out	128,122,944
Shares Qo Q	-0.2%
Shares Yo Y	-0.66%
Short Float	10.25%
Short Ratio	2.91
Short Shares	2.69

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-549M
Average Volume	1,135,092.1x
Bv Per Share	66.72
CAPEX	$-956M
Ch10y	98.25
Ch15y	214.7
Ch1m	-23.94
Ch1w	-18.38
Ch1y	20.32
Ch20y	491.2
Ch3m	-2.17
Ch3y	-22.62
Ch5y	-9.4
Ch6m	44.5
Change	-3.62%
Change From Open	-4.12
Close	97.38
Days Gap	0.51
Depreciation Amortization	1,014,000,000
Dollar Volume	131,845,547.9
Earnings Date	2026-05-05
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$-308M
EBITDA	$706M
EPS	$-12.72
F Score	2
FCF	$-508M
FCF EV Yield	-3.19x
FCF Per Share	$-3.96
Financing CF	563,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,986
Income Tax	$-160M
Investing CF	-1,060,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-05
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2014-03-19
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Ma150	89.16
Ma150ch	5.26%
Ma20	111.3
Ma20ch	-15.67%
Net CF	-25,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Open	97.88
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	26.84
Payment Date	2026-03-18
Position In Range	8.51
Post Close	93.85
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.18
Postmarket Price	$93.68
Ppne	8,579,000,000
Pre Close	97.38
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$17.03
Ptbv Ratio	2.01
Relative Volume	1.24x
Revenue	10,976,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.37x
Share Based Comp	41,000,000
Tax By Revenue	-1.46x
Tr20y	691.2%
Tr6m	46.5%
Us State	Texas
Volume	1,404,854
Z Score	1.9

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

WLK dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.3%

$2.12 annual per share

Payout ratio

n/a

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+14.5%

12 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+2.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-03

Performance

WLK stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns WLK?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+36.0%

Float: +26.2% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.8%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

WLK momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

27.3

Below 30: short-term oversold

Price vs 200-day MA

+7.0%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.67

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.60

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

WLK vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
LIN	Linde plc	228B	32.7x	6.6x	12.2%	+4.5%	+11.2%	Verkopen
NEM	Newmont Corporation	124.4B	15.1x	5.0x	26.2%	+16.2%	+118.6%	Sterk kopen

Questions

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