Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$80.28
-3.83% today
1Y Change
+15.91%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026
Coverage: 241 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Westlake Corporation (WLK) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $14.71B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $80.28 and up 15.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 8, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.0%, EPS growth of -351.7%, a dividend yield of 1.8%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.0%, EPS -351.7%, free cash flow -273.2% with operating margin -14.1% and ROIC -7.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WLK price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WLK
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
WLK Max Drawdown
-37.77%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for WLK and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
1.84%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.59
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 3, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Aug 19, 2025 | Sep 4, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| May 20, 2025 | May 20, 2025 | Jun 5, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Mar 4, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Nov 26, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Aug 20, 2024 | Sep 5, 2024 | $0.53 | $0.53 | Quarterly |
| May 20, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | Jun 6, 2024 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 6, 2023 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Aug 25, 2023 | Sep 12, 2023 | $0.50 | $0.50 | Quarterly |
| May 22, 2023 | May 23, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | Mar 16, 2023 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Nov 23, 2022 | Nov 25, 2022 | Dec 9, 2022 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Aug 22, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| May 20, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | Jun 7, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Nov 22, 2021 | Nov 23, 2021 | Dec 8, 2021 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Aug 24, 2021 | Sep 8, 2021 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| May 24, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | Jun 9, 2021 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Mar 2, 2021 | Mar 16, 2021 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 9, 2020 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 | Sep 9, 2020 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| May 22, 2020 | May 26, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Feb 25, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Nov 25, 2019 | Nov 26, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Aug 26, 2019 | Aug 27, 2019 | Sep 11, 2019 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| May 28, 2019 | May 29, 2019 | Jun 12, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Feb 26, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 | Mar 13, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Nov 27, 2018 | Dec 11, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Aug 27, 2018 | Aug 28, 2018 | Sep 12, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| May 29, 2018 | May 30, 2018 | Jun 13, 2018 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Feb 27, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Nov 27, 2017 | Dec 11, 2017 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Sep 18, 2017 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| May 25, 2017 | May 30, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 14, 2017 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 16, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| May 19, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | Jun 7, 2016 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
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