WLK vs Peers Stock Comparison

Westlake Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WLK Westlake Corp
$65.31 -3.6% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.35B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.29B
Div. yield
3.25%
Commodity Chemicals Basic Materials

Percentile Scorecard

WLK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWLK
Valuation 55 #16 of 34
Growth 3 #32 of 33
Profitability 35 #20 of 30
Financial Health 49 #19 of 36
Shareholder Returns 82 #5 of 23
Overall 45
  • WLK ranked among 38 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWLKSPY
1 month -3.6% -0.8%
3 months -9.7% +3.5%
6 months -41.3% +7.0%
Year to date -11.7% +12.2%
1 year -17.6% +13.0%
3 years -43.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year -17.1% +23.1%
5 years -31.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -7.4% +11.0%
10 years +27.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureWLKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.46 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.40 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.1% -1.8%
52-week high $123.39 $779.14
52-week low $56.38 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWLK
P/E now vs peer median -6.8xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -154.2xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -31.5xmedian 10.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 1.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWLK
Revenue $11.29B
Gross profit $1.09B
Operating income -$1.25B
Net income -$1.21B
Free cash flow -$265.00M
EPS (diluted) $-9.61
Cash & equivalents $1.64B
Total debt $5.07B
Shares (diluted) 128.50M
Enterprise value -$531.61M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWLK
P/E -6.8x
P/FCF -31.5x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x
P/S 0.7x
P/B 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.0x
EV/EBITDA -154.2x
EV/EBIT -9.3x
EV/Revenue 1.0x
EV/FCF -43.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWLK
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -17.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -26.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -1,286%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -39.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -3,089%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,740%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -43.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -34.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -390.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWLK
Gross margin 9.6%
EBITDA margin -0.7%
Operating margin -11.0%
Pretax margin -11.4%
Net margin -10.9%
FCF margin -2.3%
Operating cash flow margin 5.6%
Return on equity -13.0%
Return on assets -6.1%
Return on invested capital -8.0%
Return on capital employed -7.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWLK
Debt / assets 26.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -42.9x
Debt / FCF -19.1x
Liabilities / assets 52.6%
Equity / assets 47.4%
Interest coverage -6.1x
Current ratio 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.8x
Altman Z-score 1.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWLK
Dividend yield 3.2%
Net buyback yield 0.8%
Shareholder yield 4.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) -22.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) -103.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 14.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWLK
Forward P/E 33.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.93FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWLK
Held by institutions 31.0%
Institutions holding 362
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.9%
Institutions buying 199
Institutions selling 118
Buyers to sellers 1.69

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Westlake (WLK) 3.25%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.