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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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WLK Max Drawdown
-37.77%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$11.8B
-25.4% YoY
FY Net Income
$2.0B
-10.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$1.7B
-24.1% YoY
Revenue Growth
-8.0%
EPS Growth
-351.7%
Gross Margin
2.6%
Net Margin
-13.5%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 11.2B | 12.1B | 12.5B | 15.8B | 11.8B |
| Gross Profit | 289M | 2.0B | 2.2B | 4.1B | 3.5B |
| Operating Income | -1.6B | 875M | 729M | 3.0B | 2.8B |
| EBITDA | -199M | 2.2B | 2.0B | 4.2B | 3.7B |
| Net Income | -1.5B | 602M | 479M | 2.2B | 2.0B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.7B | 2.9B | 3.3B | 2.2B | 1.9B |
| Total Assets | 20.0B | 20.8B | 21.0B | 20.6B | 18.5B |
| Total Liabilities | 10.7B | 9.7B | 10.3B | 10.1B | 9.9B |
| Shareholder Equity | 8.8B | 10.5B | 10.2B | 9.9B | 8.0B |
| Total Debt | 6.4B | 5.3B | 5.5B | 5.4B | 5.6B |
| Net Debt | 3.7B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 3.2B | 3.7B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
2.4B
-29.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
658M
+40.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
1.7B
-24.1% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
2.6%
Operating Margin
-14.1%
Net Margin
-13.5%
ROE
-15.5%
Debt / Equity
0.73x
Next Step
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