Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Westlake Corporation WLK
$63.50 +1.65% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $8.14B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -10.9% from 0.9% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 49% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 26%
- Interest coverBottom 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 5%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 29%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.6% | -4.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 4.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | -10.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.5% | -2.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.0% | -8.6% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 11.2% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | -10.9% | 0.9% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Net margin | -10.9% | -0.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.3% | -0.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -6.4% | — | Bottom 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.9% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.1 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -15.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.77%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $91.38
- Target vs current price
- +43.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 32
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 22%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +9.8% | +15.4% | +13.2% | +7.4% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -708.4% | -8.8% | -15.1% | -24.4% | -37.6% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +83.0% | +12.0% | +14.8% | +16.6% | -4.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -261.1% | -7.1% | -10.4% | -11.9% | +11.2% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -250.0% | +9.0% | +0.8% | +13.5% | +0.2% |
| May 2, 2025 | -144.3% | -13.5% | -12.8% | -23.0% | -7.7% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | -94.3% | -0.2% | +2.4% | -8.0% | -27.1% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -36.2% | +0.8% | -1.0% | -3.7% | -15.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $2.01 | $1.83 | +9.8% | $3.27B |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.77 | -$0.10 | -708.4% | $2.65B |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -$0.25 | -$1.47 | +83.0% | $2.53B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -$0.29 | $0.18 | -261.1% | $2.84B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -$0.09 | $0.06 | -250.0% | $2.95B |
| May 2, 2025 | -$0.31 | $0.70 | -144.3% | $2.85B |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.06 | $1.05 | -94.3% | $2.84B |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $1.41 | $2.21 | -36.2% | $3.12B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 24.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.08× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.26% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Earnings yield | -15.15% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.3× – 198.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -28.1%
- RSI (14)
- 30.7
- Relative volume
- 1.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -48.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 | Nov 20, 2025 | -65.2% | 407 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 4, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -41.7% | 99 days | 309 days (Dec 18, 2023) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -24.9% | 33 days | 126 days (Jan 14, 2022) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -15.5% | 12 days | 25 days (Mar 8, 2021) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Apr 7, 2022 | -10.8% | 9 days | 7 days (Apr 19, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $8.14B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$9.62
- Revenue (TTM)
- $11.29B
- Dividend yield
- 3.34%
- 52-week range
- $56.33 – $124.23
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.78B | $15.79B | $12.55B | $12.14B | $11.17B |
| Gross profit | $3.50B | $4.07B | $2.22B | $1.96B | $289.0M |
| Operating income | $2.80B | $3.05B | $729.0M | $875.0M | -$1.58B |
| Net income | $2.02B | $2.25B | $479.0M | $602.0M | -$1.51B |
| EPS (diluted) | $15.58 | $17.35 | $3.70 | $4.64 | -$11.73 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.12B | $2.84B | $2.85B | $2.95B | $2.84B | $2.53B | $2.65B | $3.27B |
| Net income | $108.0M | $7.0M | -$40.0M | -$142.0M | -$782.0M | -$544.0M | -$169.0M | $260.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.83 | $0.05 | -$0.31 | -$1.10 | -$6.10 | -$4.22 | -$1.31 | $2.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.39B | $3.40B | $2.34B | $1.31B | $465.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$658.0M | -$1.11B | -$1.03B | -$1.01B | -$995.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.74B | $2.29B | $1.30B | $306.0M | -$530.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$145.0M | -$169.0M | -$221.0M | -$264.0M | -$272.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$30.0M | -$101.0M | -$23.0M | -$60.0M | -$63.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.85B
- Total assets
- $19.44B
- Total liabilities
- $10.23B
- Total debt
- $5.75B
- Net debt
- $4.11B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $8.71B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.53 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 27, 2026 | $0.53 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.53 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.53 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Aug 19, 2025 | $0.53 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| May 20, 2025 | $0.53 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $0.53 | Mar 19, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.53 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,309,547
- Days to cover
- 7.42
- Change vs previous report
- -6.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 19, 2014
- 2-for-1