WLK vs AU vs MEOH Stock Comparison

Westlake, AngloGold Ashanti and Methanex Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WLK Westlake Corp
$66.18 -2.3% 1M -17.0% 1Y
Market cap
$8.40B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.29B
Div. yield
0.03%
Commodity Chemicals Basic Materials
2 wins
AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC
$86.74 -12.4% 1M +33.5% 1Y
Market cap
$44.16B
P/E
11.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.83B
Div. yield
–
Gold Basic Materials
7 wins
MEOH Methanex Corp
$63.75 +8.3% 1M +81.2% 1Y
Market cap
$4.61B
P/E
57.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.27B
Div. yield
–
Commodity Chemicals Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

AngloGold Ashanti leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (AngloGold Ashanti 7, Methanex 2, Westlake 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWLKAUMEOHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.40B $44.16B $4.61B AU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -6.8x 11.6x 57.5x AU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.9x 10.2x 5.9x MEOH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.0% +54.6% +19.2% AU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -10.9% 32.2% 1.9% AU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -8.0% 40.5% 12.4% AU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -42.9x — 1.8x WLK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.0% +33.5% +81.2% MEOH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.5%/yr +35.5%/yr +7.3%/yr AU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.4% 60.2% 50.4% WLK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 81/100 74/100 AU

Percentile Scorecard

WLKAUMEOH

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

AxisWLKAUMEOH
Valuation 46 #51 of 94 76 #40 of 162 88 #12 of 94
Growth 1 #90 of 91 88 #18 of 147 62 #35 of 91
Profitability 24 #66 of 86 97 #5 of 122 92 #8 of 86
Financial Health 54 #44 of 95 49 #84 of 164 65 #34 of 95
Shareholder Returns 84 #12 of 70 97 #4 of 107 65 #25 of 70
Overall 42 81 74
  • WLK ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • AU ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • MEOH ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWLKAUMEOHSPY
1 month -2.3%-12.4%+8.3% -0.2%
3 months -8.3%+9.9%+19.8% +3.9%
6 months -40.0%-7.7%+5.5% +8.2%
Year to date -10.5%+1.7%+60.5% +12.9%
1 year -17.0%+33.5%+81.2% +12.3%
3 years -42.2%+352.2%+54.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year -16.7%+65.4%+15.5% +23.3%
5 years -32.2%+356.3%+42.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -7.5%+35.5%+7.3% +10.9%
10 years +29.2%+549.3%+68.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year +2.6%+20.6%+5.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWLKAUMEOHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.4%60.2%50.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.5%62.2%48.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.462.20-0.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.390.561.61 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.2%-52.8%-54.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -46.4%-32.4%-3.0% -1.2%
52-week high $123.39$128.26$65.72 $779.14
52-week low $56.38$63.61$33.88 $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.

MultipleWLKAUMEOH
P/E now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 22.0x 11.6xmedian 13.3x 57.7xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.4x 3.7xmedian 3.2x 1.2xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -155.6xmedian 12.4x —median 7.3x 6.1xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -31.9xmedian 15.1x 6.9xmedian 14.7x 4.1xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.6x 4.9xmedian 2.2x 1.7xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.16median 1.66 —median 0.31 -1.95median 1.66

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 monthsWLKAUMEOH
Revenue $11.29B $11.83B $4.27B
Gross profit $1.09B $6.48B –
Operating income -$1.25B $4.91B $655.47M
Net income -$1.21B $4.48B $176.40M
Free cash flow -$265.00M $6.34B $1.22B
R&D – $259.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-9.61 $7.48 $1.10
Cash & equivalents $1.64B $2.78B $382.91M
Total debt $5.07B $1.57B $2.39B
Shares (diluted) 128.50M 509.09M 72.61M
Enterprise value -$976.46M $32.05B $3.01B

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
MetricWLKAUMEOH
P/E -6.9x 11.6x 57.7x
P/FCF -31.9x 6.9x 4.1x
P/Operating cash flow 13.4x 7.1x 4.1x
P/S 0.7x 3.7x 1.2x
P/B 0.9x 4.9x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 1.0x 4.9x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA -155.6x – 6.1x
EV/EBIT -9.4x 8.6x 10.6x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 3.6x 1.6x
EV/FCF -44.0x 6.7x 5.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.5x 6.9x 5.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.16 – -1.95

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWLKAUMEOH
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.0% 54.6% 19.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.6% – 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -17.5% 97.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -26.8% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -1,286% 165.2% 18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -39.3% – 13.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -3,089% 115.8% -47.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -42.3% – -21.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,740% 78.5% -70.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -43.1% – -29.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -34.7% 103.4% 21.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.5% – 14.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -390.7% 108.6% 21.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.1% – 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWLKAUMEOH
Gross margin 9.6% 54.8% –
EBITDA margin -0.7% – 26.6%
Operating margin -11.0% 41.5% 15.4%
Pretax margin -11.4% 51.7% 22.1%
Net margin -10.9% 32.2% 1.9%
FCF margin -2.3% 53.6% 28.5%
Operating cash flow margin 5.6% 52.3% 28.5%
Return on equity -13.0% 46.3% 6.3%
Return on assets -6.1% 28.7% –
Return on invested capital -8.0% 40.5% 12.4%
Return on capital employed -7.2% 35.2% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.8x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 1.4x 6.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% – 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWLKAUMEOH
Debt / assets 26.1% 10.1% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.2x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -42.9x – 1.8x
Debt / FCF -19.1x 0.2x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 52.6% 42.4% –
Equity / assets 47.4% 57.6% –
Interest coverage -6.1x – 2.9x
Current ratio 2.5x 2.7x –
Quick ratio 1.7x 2.1x –
Cash ratio 0.8x 1.8x –
Altman Z-score 1.70 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWLKAUMEOH
Dividend yield 3.2% 5.2% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 0.7% – 3.5%
Shareholder yield 3.9% 5.2% 4.6%
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.

ConsensusWLKAUMEOH
Forward P/E 38.9xFY2026 10.2xFY2026 5.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.70FY2026 $8.52FY2026 $10.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +58.7%FY2026 +433.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.9% +9.9% -43.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.04BFY2026 $11.81BFY2026 $5.37BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 +21.4%FY2026 +50.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.9% +4.0% -26.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWLKAUMEOH
Held by institutions 31.0% 45.9% 81.3%
Institutions holding 362 563 212
Change in shares held, QoQ -9.9% +3.0% +8.4%
Institutions buying 199 323 132
Institutions selling 118 166 57
Buyers to sellers 1.69 1.95 2.32

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WLKAUMEOH
WLK 1.00 0.12 0.33
AU 0.12 1.00 -0.02
MEOH 0.33 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WLK, AU and MEOH?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Westlake (WLK) $8.40B, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) $44.16B, Methanex (MEOH) $4.61B.

Which stock is cheaper, WLK, AU and MEOH?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Westlake (WLK) -6.8x, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 11.6x, Methanex (MEOH) 57.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Methanex (MEOH) is cheapest (Westlake (WLK) 38.9x, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 10.2x, Methanex (MEOH) 5.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Westlake (WLK) -4.0%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +54.6%, Methanex (MEOH) +19.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

AngloGold Ashanti (AU) has the highest net margin (Westlake (WLK) -10.9%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 32.2%, Methanex (MEOH) 1.9%). On return on invested capital, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) leads (Westlake (WLK) -8.0%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 40.5%, Methanex (MEOH) 12.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Methanex (MEOH) returned the most: Westlake (WLK) -17.0%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +33.5%, Methanex (MEOH) +81.2%. Over five years, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) compounded fastest (Westlake (WLK) -7.5%/yr, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) +35.5%/yr, Methanex (MEOH) +7.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Westlake (WLK) 0.03%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 0.00%, Methanex (MEOH) 0.00%. AngloGold Ashanti (AU) and Methanex (MEOH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Westlake (WLK) has been the steadiest (Westlake (WLK) 43.4%, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) 60.2%, Methanex (MEOH) 50.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WLK, AU and MEOH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

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.