Westlake Corporation

WLK Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Westlake Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, down 8.01% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.8%, EPS grew 282.0%, free cash flow grew 184.1% and total debt rose 8.87%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years.

63.33 0.28 −0.44%
Market cap
$8.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
24.8×
Dividend yield
3.37%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.65
Beneish M
−2.44
Dividend safety
8/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 10.19
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — 1 2 — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 74.16%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,130.00
Revenue 11,294.00
Net Income (1,191.00)
Free Cash Flow (265.00)
Net Debt 3,215.00
Current Ratio 2.45 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.55
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 24.80
P/S ratio 0.71
P/B ratio 0.88
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 335.60% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 17.95% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 4.25%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (24.06%) (below 0%: weak)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 2.91%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 3.58%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 7.78%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 2.12
Annual Dividend Yield 3.37%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.17
0.53
0.53
0.53
2025 2.11
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.53
2024 2.05
0.50
0.50
0.53
0.53
2023 1.71
0.36
0.36
0.50
0.50
2022 1.78
0.30
0.47
0.30
0.36
0.36
2021 1.14
0.27
0.27
0.30
0.30
2020 1.07
0.26
0.26
0.27
0.27
2019 1.03
0.25
0.25
0.26
0.26
2018 0.92
0.21
0.21
0.25
0.25
2017 0.80
0.19
0.19
0.21
0.21
2016 0.74
0.18
0.18
0.19
0.19
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3,304 2,919 2,928 1,852
Receivables 1,601 1,483 1,504 1,963
Inventory 1,622 1,697 1,653 1,754
Other — — — —
6,609 6,214 6,216 5,689
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 877 851 783 890
ST’ Debt 299 6 497 —
Other — — — —
2,790 2,219 2,770 2,319

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 9.61% 8.28% (10.90%)
Cash Flow (8.07%) (18.55%) (48.45%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 10.07% 7.16% (3.87%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,652 3,271 — — —
’25 2,846 2,953 2,838 2,533 11,170
’24 2,975 3,207 3,117 2,843 12,142
’23 3,356 3,251 3,115 2,826 12,548
’22 4,056 4,483 3,956 3,299 15,794
’21 2,357 2,859 3,055 3,507 11,778
’20 1,932 1,709 1,898 1,965 7,504
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (94) 318 — — —
’25 (77) 135 182 225 465
’24 169 237 474 434 1,314
’23 512 555 696 573 2,336
’22 700 913 947 835 3,395
’21 265 617 755 757 2,394
’20 61 448 357 431 1,297
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (303) 111 — — —
’25 (325) (132) (57) (16) (530)
’24 (103) 6 254 149 306
’23 245 315 451 291 1,302
’22 437 683 629 538 2,287
’21 124 488 611 513 1,736
’20 (103) 321 245 309 772
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1.31) 2.01 — — —
’25 (0.31) (1.11) (6.06) (4.22) (11.70)
’24 1.34 2.40 0.83 0.06 4.64
’23 3.05 2.31 2.20 (3.86) 3.70
’22 5.83 6.60 3.10 1.79 17.34
’21 1.87 4.04 4.69 4.98 15.58
’20 1.13 0.11 0.45 0.87 2.56
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 39.48 56.35 59.78 55.82 28.99 74.42 81.29 98.05 112.63 56.33

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 61.53 107.51 124.30 81.04 84.90 106.47 141.19 143.61 162.64 119.86
People
People Employees 8,870 8,800 8,870 9,430 9,220 14,550 15,920 15,520 15,540 14,600
Revenue/emp, $m 0.57 0.91 0.97 0.86 0.81 0.81 0.99 0.81 0.78 0.77
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,076 8,041 8,635 8,118 7,504 11,778 15,794 12,548 12,142 11,170
Gross margin, % 19.37 21.90 23.01 15.52 13.63 29.67 25.79 17.68 16.12 7.28
EBT 558 1,081 1,334 570 331 2,677 2,946 700 938 (1,597)
EBT margin, % 10.99 13.44 15.45 7.02 4.41 22.73 18.65 5.58 7.73 (14.30)
Net income 420 1,339 1,034 462 373 2,070 2,297 522 647 (1,471)
Depreciation 378 601 641 713 773 840 1,056 1,572 1,114 1,905
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 39.24 62.29 66.73 63.23 58.69 92.01 123.42 98.18 94.46 87.09
Earnings 3.07 10.05 7.66 3.26 2.57 15.66 17.46 3.73 4.66 (11.70)
Cash flow 6.70 11.84 10.89 10.13 10.14 18.70 26.53 18.28 10.22 3.63
Capex (4.86) (4.47) (5.42) (6.13) (4.11) (5.14) (8.66) (8.09) (7.84) (7.76)
Free cash flow 1.84 7.37 5.46 4.00 6.04 13.56 17.87 10.19 2.38 (4.13)
Book value 30.08 41.59 46.95 49.87 51.45 66.62 81.78 84.22 85.91 72.47
Shares, m 129 129 129 128 128 128 128 128 129 128
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.72 10.85 8.65 21.52 31.88 6.20 5.68 37.53 24.55 0.00
P/S 1.46 1.75 0.99 1.11 1.39 1.06 0.80 1.43 1.21 0.85
P/B 1.90 2.62 1.41 1.41 1.59 1.46 1.21 1.67 1.33 1.02
EV/Sales 2.09 2.04 1.27 1.46 1.70 1.33 0.98 1.56 1.35 1.09
EV/FCF 44.62 17.23 15.47 23.04 16.56 9.05 6.75 15.05 53.53 (22.90)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 867 1,528 1,409 1,301 1,297 2,394 3,395 2,336 1,314 465
Capex (629) (577) (702) (787) (525) (658) (1,108) (1,034) (1,008) (995)
Free cash flow 238 951 707 514 772 1,736 2,287 1,302 306 (530)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,225 1,496 1,659 1,501 2,120 2,919 3,675 3,819 3,995 3,446
Total debt 3,828 3,837 2,668 3,564 3,662 5,180 4,998 4,906 4,562 5,584
Net debt 3,208 2,306 1,915 2,836 2,349 3,272 2,770 1,602 1,643 2,656
Shareholders’ equity 3,892 5,369 6,076 6,403 6,578 8,528 10,465 10,764 11,043 9,295
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.82 11.29 8.37 3.37 2.43 12.42 11.46 2.29 2.87 (7.37)
ROIC 5.13 9.98 11.01 4.44 3.00 14.83 14.40 3.68 4.31 (8.25)
ROE 10.65 28.01 17.32 6.72 5.07 26.55 23.53 4.48 5.49 (14.76)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Westlake Corporation vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11.6B 199× 14.9× +31.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +708.43% (above 0%: growing) 33.86% 25.98% Compare
SSL Sasol Ltd. $10.1B 3.5× 5.2× −5.20% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.86% (above 0%: growing) +6,912.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.35% 0.00% Compare
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.5B 27.4× 27.8× +11.13% (above 0%: growing) −14.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +70.83% (above 0%: growing) 32.23% 17.16% Compare
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $8.7B 47.4× 33.3× +56.41% (above 0%: growing) +60.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.19% (above 0%: growing) 34.15% 11.63% Compare
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $8.6B 11.3× 12.1× +138.12% (above 0%: growing) +381.25% (above 0%: growing) −63.75% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.05% 48.62% Compare
NEU NewMarket Corporation $8.2B 18.8× — (loss-making) +6.96% (above 0%: growing) +22.80% (above 0%: growing) −6.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.45% 21.91% Compare
WLK Westlake Corporation $8.1B — (loss-making) 24.8× +10.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +184.09% (above 0%: growing) 19.93% 11.13%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company $7.3B 16.1× 11.5× +9.88% (above 0%: growing) +31.15% (above 0%: growing) +49.40% (above 0%: growing) 22.28% 12.38% Compare
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $7.2B 20.5× 13.6× +3.14% (above 0%: growing) −16.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +7.22% (above 0%: growing) 34.55% 12.41% Compare
Median of peers $8.7B 19.7× 13.6× +10.51% +22.80% +39.30% 33.16% 14.79%

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Westlake Corporation (WLK) key facts

  • Concern: Westlake Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, down 8.01% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Westlake Corporation reported a net loss of $1.5 billion, or a loss of $11.70 per share, for fiscal 2025.
  • Westlake Corporation (WLK) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, WLK traded at $63.33, a market capitalization of $8.1 billion.
  • Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.7× sales.
  • Westlake Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share, a yield of 3.37%.
  • Return on equity was −14.8% and debt-to-equity 0.55.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.65 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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