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Westlake Corporation

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Price overview

$67.71

▲ +0.95 (+1.4%)

52w hi$121.80
52w lo$54.89
Vol645.80K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.53

Short-0.32
Medium-0.63
Long-0.77

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Westlake Corporation

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$8.65B
Enterprise value$13.18B
Forward P/E21.31x
EV / EBITDA11.72x
P / S (ttm)0.77x
Profit margin-10.9%
Return on equity-11.9%
Revenue growth+10.8%
Debt / equity63.81

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.01
Sector-0.02
Technical-0.33
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

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

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.97
Corr SPX0.36
Annual vol42.8%
Annual ret-28.8%
Sharpe-0.67
Max DD-62.5%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$116.43
High / Low$133.00 / $90.00
Median$117.00
Analysts14
Strong Buy1
Buy5
Hold7
Sell0
Strong Sell1

Recent rating actions

2026-05-07Citigroup→ Buy
2026-05-06Wells Fargo→ Equal-Weight
2026-05-06UBS→ Buy
2026-05-06JP Morgan→ Underweight
2026-05-05Morgan Stanley→ Equal-Weight
2026-04-08Citigroup→ Buy

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-04Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-07-29Other Material Eventread
2026-06-15Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-05-18Shareholder Voteread
2026-05-05Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-05-01Reg FD Disclosureread
2026-04-20Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-14Other Material Eventread
2026-04-06Material Agreement, Termination of Agreement…read
2026-04-02Officer / Director Changeread
2026-02-24Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-02-23Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders8
Top-5 share93.1%
HHI2,229 (moderate)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
AQR Capital Management$114.64M1.57M
State Street Corp$106.10M1.45M
Citadel Advisors$84.06M1.15M
Capital Research / Capital World$31.51M431.63K
Millennium Management$26.72M366.07K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$26.37M361.24K
Norges Bank (Norway sovereign)$206.96K2.83K
T. Rowe Price Group$161.09K2.21M

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)1.57%
$ / share (TTM)$1.06
5y CAGR+14.6%

Annual dividend per share

2021$1.14
2022$1.31
2023$1.71
2024$2.05
2025$2.11
2026$0.53

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-114view
2026-08-104view
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2026-08-0510-Qview
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-07-298-Kview
2026-06-164view
2026-06-158-Kview

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%

Indices

S&P MidCap 400

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$66.44$67.75$65.66$67.71645.80K
Sep 24$68.40$68.56$66.72$66.76585.30K
Sep 23$68.97$69.39$68.35$68.42504.90K
Sep 22$67.98$70.30$67.84$68.80694.60K
Sep 21$69.40$69.42$67.74$67.77576.30K

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