Westlake (WLK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Westlake Corporation is a global manufacturer of performance and essential materials, as well as products used in housing and infrastructure. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, the company serves customers in construction, packaging, healthcare, consumer products, automotive, and other industrial markets.

Westlake’s materials portfolio includes chlor-alkali and derivative chemicals, polyethylene, PVC, vinyl intermediates, epoxy resins, and other specialty products. These materials are used in applications such as water treatment, coatings, adhesives, plastics, medical products, and packaging.

Through its housing and infrastructure businesses, Westlake also produces building products including vinyl siding, trim, roofing products, pipe, fittings, and related components. The company’s products are marketed across North America and internationally, with manufacturing and commercial operations in multiple regions, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Westlake was founded in 1986 by T.T. Chao and has grown into a diversified chemical and building-products company. Steve Bender serves as chief executive officer, while Albert Chao, the company’s longtime former chief executive, serves as executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $60.71 to $63.48
• 50-Day Range: $60.77 to $80.13
• 52-Week Range: $56.33 to $124.23
• Volume: 321,099 shs
• Average Volume: 1.13 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.35%
• Price Target: $82.20
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Westlake Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Westlake scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 228 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Westlake has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Westlake has a consensus price target of $82.20, representing about 32.7% upside from its current price of $61.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Westlake has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.38%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Westlake are expected to grow by 0.38% in the coming year, from $2.64 to $2.65 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Westlake is -6.47, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Westlake is -6.47, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Westlake has a P/B Ratio of 0.85. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.86% of the float of Westlake has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Westlake has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.71.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Westlake has recently decreased by 8.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Westlake pays a meaningful dividend of 3.42%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Westlake has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Westlake will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.38% in the coming year. This indicates that Westlake may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.29

News Sentiment

Westlake has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Westlake this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Westlake to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Westlake insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,120,724.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.40% of the stock of Westlake is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

28.40% of the stock of Westlake is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Commodity Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WLK
• CIK: 1262823
• Web: www.westlake.com
• Phone: (713) 960-9111
• Fax: 713-963-1590
• Employees: 14,600
• Year Founded: 1986

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Westlake: $82.20
• High Price Target: $115.00
• Low Price Target: $65.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($9.58)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.86
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$1.51 billion
• Net Margins: -10.94%
• Pretax Margin: -11.42%
• Return on Equity: 0.93%
• Return on Assets: 0.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.55
• Current Ratio: 2.45
• Quick Ratio: 1.70

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.71
• Cash Flow: $13.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.51
• Book Value: $72.46 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 127,797,000
• Free Float: 126,008,000
• Market Cap: $8.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69