WLKP vs. MEOH, PRM, PCT, CC, NGVT, BAK, UAN, TROX, ECVT, and ASPI
Should you be buying Westlake Chemical Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake Chemical Partners include Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), CVR Partners (UAN), Tronox (TROX), Ecovyst (ECVT), and ASP Isotopes (ASPI). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Westlake Chemical Partners vs. Its Competitors
Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) and Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Methanex had 11 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Methanex and 0 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Methanex's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Westlake Chemical Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Methanex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Westlake Chemical Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Methanex pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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.
Methanex has a consensus target price of $44.88, suggesting a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Methanex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Methanex is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.
Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Methanex has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 63.35% of users gave Methanex an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Methanex beats Westlake Chemical Partners on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WLKP) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
