WLKP vs. MEOH, CC, PRM, NGVT, BAK, PCT, UAN, TROX, 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), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), CVR Partners (UAN), Tronox (TROX), Ecovyst (ECVT), and AdvanSix (ASIX). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Westlake Chemical Partners vs.
Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Methanex has a consensus target price of $48.25, suggesting a potential upside of 48.78%. Given Methanex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Methanex is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.
Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Methanex had 12 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Methanex and 1 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Westlake Chemical Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Methanex's score of 1.39 indicating that Westlake Chemical Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Methanex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Methanex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Methanex received 497 more outperform votes than Westlake Chemical Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.23% of users gave Westlake Chemical Partners an outperform vote while only 63.40% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Westlake Chemical Partners pays out 126.2% 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 pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Methanex has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 5.40% compared to Methanex's net margin of 4.41%. Methanex's return on equity of 10.97% beat Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Methanex beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WLKP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
