Westlake Corporation
General ticker "WLK" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals
- Capitalization: $12.0B (TTM average)
Westlake Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 2.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.1%: low 67.40$, high 70.31$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-08-19, amount 0.53$ (Y3.12%)
- Total employees count: 15540 (+0.1%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 72.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Industry cyclicity, Market competition, Raw material cost volatility, Geopolitical risks, Operational and conduct risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [66.77$, 115.78$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [63.97$, 109.16$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WLK estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 21.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.21
- Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.94
- Positive: 41.86 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 50.73 <= 63.39
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.82 <= 0.84
- Positive: 0 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.95
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.02
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.08 <= 3.41
- Positive: 2.97 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.49
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $15,794.00MM | $12,548.00MM | $12,142.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $12,744.00MM | $11,819.00MM | $11,267.00MM |
| Operating Income | $3,050.00MM | $729.00MM | $875.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-104.00MM | $-29.00MM | $63.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $177.00MM | $165.00MM | $159.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,946.00MM | $700.00MM | $938.00MM |
| Taxes | $649.00MM | $178.00MM | $291.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $2,247.00MM | $479.00MM | $602.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $9,931.00MM | $10,241.00MM | $10,527.00MM |
| Inventory | $1,866.00MM | $1,622.00MM | $1,697.00MM |
| Assets | $20,550.00MM | $21,035.00MM | $20,750.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $3,395.00MM | $2,336.00MM | $1,314.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,108.00MM | $1,034.00MM | $1,008.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,479.00MM | $-1,037.00MM | $-1,001.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-587.00MM | $-245.00MM | $-650.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $17.56 | $3.75 | $4.68 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.