The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

WLK

Concerning the House

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. It operates through two segments, Performance and Essential Materials and The Housing and Infrastructure Products. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, 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; 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.

United States · www.westlake.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$11.17B+20.0%
Gross profit$813.00M+14.2%
Operating income-$1.58B+28.5%
Net income$479.00M+16.4%
Cash from ops$1.31B+9.6%
Quotation

$79.17

-1.67 (-2.1%)

52w hi$122.65
52w lo$55.28
Vol584.75K
As ofAug 12
The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.82

Short-0.71
Medium-0.91
Long-0.87

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

Westlake Corporation

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$10.12B
Enterprise value$14.86B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E23.53x
EV / EBITDA13.21x
P / S (ttm)0.90x
Profit margin-10.9%
Return on equity-11.9%
Revenue growth+10.8%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity63.81
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.00
Corr SPX0.38
Annual vol42.8%
Annual ret-20.6%
Sharpe-0.48
Max DD-62.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.03
Sector+0.04
Technical-0.44
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 12$80.38$80.41$78.03$79.17584.75K
Aug 11$78.82$80.98$78.82$80.841.02M
Aug 10$77.26$79.31$76.62$79.091.30M
Aug 7$76.95$79.15$76.33$77.47918.80K
Aug 6$79.77$80.57$77.35$77.47906.60K