Westlake Corp. (WLK)

Last Closing Price: 149.36 (2024-04-23)

Company Description

Westlake is a diversified industrial company that manufactures and supplies essential products under one Westlake brand. Westlake products include food packaging, medical devices, soaps and detergents, car interiors, fashion, toys, shoes, furniture, electronics, siding, stone veneer, windows, outdoor living, roofing and pipe & fittings. Westlake Performance & Essential Materials businesses include polyethylene and vinyl chemicals production, which are vital to the manufacturing of polymers to protect food, medical and personal products and an extensive range of sectors and spaces, such as automotive interiors and exteriors, building materials, PVC pipes for agriculture, water systems and buildings, detergents, pharmaceuticals. Westlake Housing & Infrastructure Products produces finished goods and key materials in building products, pipe & fittings and custom compounds which are critical to the manufacturing of items including residential siding, architectural stone, roofing, windows and outdoor living.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $12.55B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $479.00M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 21.54
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 18.04
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 1.44
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 1.53
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.78
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 8.85
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 5.58%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 3.82%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 9.70%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 5.06%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.37
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.79
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.43
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 6.07
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $84.00
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.72
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $8.27
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $3.70
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Basic Materials
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Common Shares Outstanding 128.20M
Free Float 33.20M
Market Capitalization $19.15B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.43M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.30
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 74.10%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 28.40%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $2.00
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 1.34%