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Ticker
WLK

Price
59.03
Stock movement up
+2.65 (4.70%)
Company name
Westlake Chemical Corporation
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Basic Materials >
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
7.57B
Ent value
15.52B
Price/Sales
0.66
Price/Book
0.76
Div yield
3.59%
Div growth
8.27%
Growth years
17
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
-
Forward P/E
43.65
PEG
-
EPS growth
7.47%
1 year return
-53.50%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-11-21

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.12
Dividend yield3.59%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield3.76%
Average yield2.29%
Minimum yield1.46%
Discount to avg yield36.13%
Upside potential56.57%
Yield as % of max yield95.51%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield3.59%
Current yield distribution1.06%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.46%
Yield at 90%1.63%
Yield at 80%1.79%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.40%
Yield at 20%2.74%
Yield at 10%2.89%
Yield at 0% (Max)3.76%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth17 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share2.12
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date19 Aug 2025
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)1.35
EPS growth (5y)7.47%
EPS growth (5y forward)9.24%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
WLKS&P500
DGR MR0.95%-13.74%
DGR TTM21.35%6.60%
DGR 3 years10.35%7.31%
DGR 5 years8.27%4.69%
DGR 10 years10.11%6.30%
DGR 15 years19.57%8.16%
Time since last change announced107 days
EPS growth (5y)7.47%
EPS growth (5y forward)9.24%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward156.76%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E-
Price to OCF11.23
Price to FCF-
Price to EBITDA15.68
EV to EBITDA32.13

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales0.66
Price to Book0.76
EV to Sales1.35

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count128.27M
EPS (TTM)-
FCF per share (TTM)-

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)-
Gross profit (TTM)-
Operating income (TTM)-
Net income (TTM)-
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)1.35

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)-
Operating margin (TTM)-
Profit margin (TTM)-

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash1.93B
Net receivables1.76B
Total current assets5.75B
Goodwill1.31B
Intangible assets443.00M
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets19.81B
Accounts payable2.15B
Short/Current long term debt5.37B
Total current liabilities2.90B
Total liabilities9.88B
Shareholder's equity9.94B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)-
Capital expenditures (TTM)-
Free cash flow (TTM)-
Dividends paid (TTM)-

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity-
Return on Assets-
Return on Invested Capital-
Cash Return on Invested Capital-

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open56.90
Daily high60.88
Daily low56.83
Daily Volume1.61M
All-time high162.06
1y analyst estimate82.21
Beta0.93
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share2.12
Ex-div date19 Aug 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
WLKS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-63.58%-4.13%
Highest price drop-65.21%-19.00%
Date of highest drop20 Nov 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-40.44%-2.73%
Avg time to new high-6 days
Max time to new high282 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
WLK (Westlake Chemical Corporation) company logo
Marketcap
7.57B
Marketcap category
Mid-cap
Description
Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, chlor-alkali, chlorinated derivative products, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), epoxy specialty resins, and base epoxy resins and intermediaries. The Housing and Infrastructure Products segment provides residential PVC sidings; PVC trim and mouldings; architectural stone veneers; windows; PVC decking; PVC films for various inflatables, wallcovering, and tape and roofing applications; polymer composite and cement roof tiles; PVC pipes and fittings for various water, sewer, electrical, and industrial applications; and PVC compounds for various housing, medical, and automobile products. This segment also offers consumer and commercial products, such as landscape edging; industrial, home, and office matting; marine dock edging; and masonry joint controls. It offers its products to chemical processors; plastics fabricators; small construction contractors; municipalities; and supply warehouses for use in various consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, healthcare products, water treatment, wind turbines, and coatings, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was formerly known as Westlake Chemical Corporation and changed its name to Westlake Corporation in February 2022. Westlake Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.
Employees
15540
Investor relations
SEC filings
CEO
Albert Chao
Country
USA
City
Houston
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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