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WLKP vs. MEOH, AVNT, PCT, NGVT, CC, UAN, BAK, ASPI, ECVT, and ASIX

Should you be buying Westlake Chemical Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake Chemical Partners include Methanex (MEOH), Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Ingevity (NGVT), Chemours (CC), CVR Partners (UAN), Braskem (BAK), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Ecovyst (ECVT), and AdvanSix (ASIX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Westlake Chemical Partners vs. Its Competitors

Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Methanex currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.69%. Given Methanex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Methanex is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Methanex
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Westlake Chemical Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Methanex has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake Chemical Partners. Methanex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake Chemical Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Methanex$3.72B0.70$163.99M$3.3910.00
Westlake Chemical Partners$1.14B0.62$62.39M$1.4913.34

In the previous week, Methanex had 8 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Methanex and 3 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of -0.70 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Methanex
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Westlake Chemical Partners
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Methanex pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Methanex has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Methanex has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Methanex has a net margin of 7.02% compared to Westlake Chemical Partners' net margin of 4.78%. Methanex's return on equity of 12.61% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Methanex7.02% 12.61% 4.66%
Westlake Chemical Partners 4.78%6.38%4.00%

73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Methanex beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WLKP vs. The Competition

MetricWestlake Chemical PartnersCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$700.71M$15.11B$3.81B$21.96B
Dividend Yield9.45%1.96%5.07%3.63%
P/E Ratio13.3450.8521.8732.72
Price / Sales0.622.9823,075.0488.90
Price / Cash4.0312.9124.3418.06
Price / Book0.853.157.254.71
Net Income$62.39M$424.10M$148.76M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.83%1.90%0.35%0.91%
1 Month Performance-5.92%-1.60%11.50%0.33%
1 Year Performance-11.82%1.91%58.63%10.85%

Westlake Chemical Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
3.3557 of 5 stars
$19.88
-0.3%
N/A-11.3%$700.71M$1.14B13.34150Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
MEOH
Methanex
4.5082 of 5 stars
$37.21
+3.4%
$46.00
+23.6%
-16.1%$2.78B$3.72B10.981,415Analyst Revision
AVNT
Avient
4.369 of 5 stars
$31.02
+2.1%
$46.00
+48.3%
-37.8%$2.78B$3.24B24.239,200Analyst Revision
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.8018 of 5 stars
$13.17
-3.0%
$15.00
+13.9%
+23.2%$2.45BN/A-7.79120Gap Up
NGVT
Ingevity
1.5255 of 5 stars
$53.64
+1.5%
$58.00
+8.1%
+56.4%$1.93B$1.41B-9.011,600
CC
Chemours
4.1236 of 5 stars
$13.46
+7.2%
$18.13
+34.7%
-34.3%$1.88B$5.78B-4.816,000
UAN
CVR Partners
0.7467 of 5 stars
$91.82
-0.8%
N/A+22.4%$1.58B$525.32M11.04300
BAK
Braskem
2.469 of 5 stars
$2.47
+3.6%
$4.40
+78.5%
-62.4%$948.68M$14.36B-0.978,382Gap Up
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.6985 of 5 stars
$13.32
+31.5%
$11.00
-17.4%
+133.9%$931.08M$4.14M-21.8476Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.3257 of 5 stars
$8.29
+2.3%
$11.67
+40.7%
+23.1%$926.79M$723.46M-69.08880News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.2708 of 5 stars
$20.60
+0.1%
$33.50
+62.6%
-34.6%$552.18M$1.52B7.251,450

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This page (NYSE:WLKP) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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