WLK vs. ASIX, CBT, CE, DOW, EMN, HUN, LYB, OLN, HWKN, and KRO
Should you be buying Westlake stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake include AdvanSix (ASIX), Cabot (CBT), Celanese (CE), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Olin (OLN), Hawkins (HWKN), and Kronos Worldwide (KRO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake vs. Its Competitors
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
28.4% of Westlake shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Westlake shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.10% compared to Westlake's net margin of -0.57%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 10.02% beat Westlake's return on equity.
Westlake has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Westlake has higher revenue and earnings than AdvanSix. Westlake is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Westlake pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AdvanSix pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Westlake has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and AdvanSix has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Westlake had 9 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Westlake and 3 mentions for AdvanSix. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Westlake's score of 0.07 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake presently has a consensus price target of $91.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.47%. AdvanSix has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 63.68%. Given AdvanSix's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Westlake.
Summary
AdvanSix beats Westlake on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WLK) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
