
Westlake Chemical Corporation manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and building products primarily in North America and Europe. It operates through two segments, Olefins and Vinyls. The Olefins segment offers polyethylene, styrene monomers, and various ethylene co-products, as well as sells propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen products. The Vinyls segment provides specialty and commodity polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomers, ethylene dichloride, chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated derivative, and ethylene products. This segment also manufactures and sells building products fabricated from PVC, including pipe, fittings, profiles, trims, moldings, fence and decking products, window and door components, and film and sheet products. Westlake Chemical Corporation offers its products to a range of customers, including chemical processors, plastics fabricators, small construction contractors, municipalities, and supply warehouses in various consumer and industrial markets, such as flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, water treatment, refrigerants, residential and commercial construction, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Industrial organic chemicals
Sub-IndustryCommodity Chemicals
SectorBasic Materials
SymbolNYSE:WLK
CUSIP96041310
Phone713-960-9111
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.58%
Current Ratio1.76%
Quick Ratio1.30%
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio19.16
Forward P/E Ratio12.97
P/E Growth1.06
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$8.04 billion
Price / Sales1.77
Cash Flow$10.1806 per share
Price / Cash10.80
Book Value$41.59 per share
Price / Book2.64
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.47
Net Income$1.30 billion
Net Margins16.22%
Return on Equity16.48%
Return on Assets6.66%
Miscellaneous
Employees8,800
Outstanding Shares129,420,000