Westlake Corporation
General ticker "WLK" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals - Specialty
- Capitalization: $11.1B (TTM average)
Westlake Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -0.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 73.50$, high 76.07$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-25, amount 0.53$ (Y2.78%)
- Total employees count: 14600 (-6.0%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 72.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Industry cyclicity, Raw material costs, Climate change and natural disasters, Geopolitical risks, Hazardous materials
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [57.62$, 96.81$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [59.20$, 98.22$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WLK estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -78.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 44.05 <= 63.63
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.63 <= 0.79
- Positive: 0.28 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 4.87
- Positive: 0 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.08
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.11 <= 0
- Positive: -9.15 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.52
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $12,548.00MM | $12,142.00MM | $11,170.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $11,819.00MM | $11,267.00MM | $12,748.00MM |
| Operating Income | $729.00MM | $875.00MM | $-1,578.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-29.00MM | $63.00MM | $-19.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $165.00MM | $159.00MM | $171.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $700.00MM | $938.00MM | $-1,597.00MM |
| Taxes | $178.00MM | $291.00MM | $-126.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $479.00MM | $602.00MM | $-1,508.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $10,241.00MM | $10,527.00MM | $8,792.00MM |
| Inventory | $1,622.00MM | $1,697.00MM | $1,653.00MM |
| Assets | $21,035.00MM | $20,750.00MM | $19,961.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,336.00MM | $1,314.00MM | $465.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,034.00MM | $1,008.00MM | $995.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,037.00MM | $-1,001.00MM | $-1,223.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-245.00MM | $-650.00MM | $530.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.75 | $4.68 | $-11.70 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.