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WLK

Westlake Corporation

WLK

NYSE·Basic Materials·Chemicals - Specialty·Mkt cap $9.3B

$74.57

+2.40%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$56.33 - $124.23

P/E

-56.49

Fwd P/E

19.83

Beta

0.59

Div Yield

2.91%

Avg Vol

1.1M

Shares Out

Mkt Cap

$9.3B

Price action

Price chart

Down 11.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

No bull reasons captured for this rating yet.

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Low volatility (beta 0.6).
  • Premium valuation to sector peers

Growth

Turning profitable

Value

Premium valuation to sector peers

Momentum

Falling

-39.0% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Weak fundamentals - proceed with caution

Dividend

Solid

2.91% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 4, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 5, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.77 vs -$0.10 consensus (-708.4% surprise). Revenue of $2.7B vs $2.8B expected (-4.8%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-708.4%

Next: Aug 4, 2026

Revenue trend · last 1Q

Q1 26

$2.7B

Margins · last 1Q

Profit

-6.4%

Wall Street consensus

10 analysts · 40% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

4

40%

Hold

6

60%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$117.50

+57.6% vs $74.57

Low $106.00
Median $117.50
High $145.00

Latest: UBS · Jun 5, 2026

4 analysts covering

vs Industry

How WLK stacks vs Chemicals - Specialty

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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Peers & themes

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Themes

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