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Westlake Corporation (WLK)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Houston, United States | NYSE
75.71 USD +1.78 (2.408%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 75.71

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:43 a.m. EDT

Westlake presents a classic cyclical turnaround profile where revenue growth is returning but profitability remains severely impaired. The long-term rating is held back by negative earnings and return on equity, which signal that the business quality has not yet fully recovered despite the nine-year cumulative gain. The short-term outlook is neutral, as the stock trades above its fifty-day average but remains well below the two-hundred-day average, creating a tug-of-war between immediate support and medium-term resistance. The dividend yield offers income, but the payout is funded from cash flow rather than earnings, making it vulnerable if operating performance continues to deteriorate. Options activity highlights a fear of downside risk alongside hopes for a rebound, confirming the uncertainty surrounding the next leg of the cycle.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.093355
AutoARIMA0.104482
AutoETS0.104483
MSTL0.112043

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 8.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.169
Excess Kurtosis -0.94
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-24
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-24
Debt to Equity Ratio 63.814
Revenue per Share 88.144
Market Cap 9,675,475,968
Forward P/E 22.52
Beta 0.62
Profit Margins -10.94%
Previous Name Westlake Chemical Corporation
Website https://www.westlake.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:43 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for high volatility with significant open interest in both out-of-the-money calls and puts. Call positioning targets upside strikes at 85, 95, and 110, suggesting bets on a recovery. Put positioning clusters at 60 and 55, with elevated implied volatility on deep strikes indicating a hedge against a sharp decline.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.71% 2.67% 2.11% 1.76%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-25 0.5330 0.712567
2026-05-27 0.5300 0.603576
2026-03-03 0.5300 0.514963
2025-11-25 0.5300 0.843009
2025-08-19 0.5300 0.634275
2025-05-20 0.5250 0.688976
2025-03-04 0.5250 0.490608
2024-11-26 0.5250 0.409548
2024-08-20 0.5250 0.365421
2024-05-20 0.5000 0.312051
2024-02-27 0.5000 0.365497
2023-11-20 0.5000 0.384882
2023-08-24 0.5000 0.385475
2023-05-22 0.3570 0.307308
2023-02-28 0.3570 0.299647
2022-11-23 0.3570 0.335842
2022-08-19 0.3570 0.341137
2022-05-20 0.2980 0.236114
2022-02-28 0.2980 0.270148
2021-11-22 0.2980 0.304299
2021-08-23 0.2980 0.357143
2021-05-24 0.2700 0.267671
2021-03-01 0.2700 0.310238
2020-11-23 0.2700 0.354936
2020-08-24 0.2700 0.451656
2020-05-22 0.2630 0.597591
2020-02-24 0.2630 0.440167
2019-11-25 0.2630 0.372732
2019-08-26 0.2630 0.466147
2019-05-28 0.2500 0.415628
2019-02-26 0.2500 0.346212
2018-11-26 0.2500 0.359919
2018-08-27 0.2500 0.255154
2018-05-29 0.2100 0.178087
2018-02-26 0.2100 0.187182
2017-11-24 0.2100 0.222011
2017-08-30 0.2100 0.275013
2017-05-25 0.1910 0.306433
2017-02-24 0.1910 0.300267
2016-11-29 0.1910 0.351038
2016-08-31 0.1910 0.368584
2016-05-19 0.1820 0.419839
2016-02-25 0.1820 0.420518
2015-12-02 0.1820 0.309576
2015-09-02 0.1820 0.351080
2015-05-27 0.1650 0.235647
2015-03-03 0.1650 0.245280
2014-12-03 0.1650 0.257893
2014-09-03 0.1650 0.168712
2014-05-28 0.1260 0.159212
2014-02-26 0.1260 0.189645
2013-12-04 0.1125 0.197472
2013-09-06 0.1125 0.213858
2013-05-31 0.0940 0.201285
2013-02-27 0.0940 0.217542
2012-11-27 1.9690 5.616888
2012-08-28 0.0940 0.273216
2012-05-31 0.0370 0.135805
2012-03-05 0.0370 0.127170
2011-11-29 0.0370 0.188056
2011-08-31 0.0370 0.161045
2011-06-01 0.0320 0.116980
2011-03-09 0.0320 0.129450
2010-11-30 0.0320 0.169492
2010-08-30 0.0320 0.250882
2010-06-01 0.0290 0.289133
2010-03-15 0.0290 0.254052
2009-12-01 0.0290 0.224719
2009-08-31 0.0290 0.241265
2009-05-26 0.0265 0.258285
2009-03-05 0.0265 0.503324
2008-11-28 0.0265 0.313981
2008-08-26 0.0265 0.279536
2008-05-28 0.0250 0.295508
2008-02-27 0.0250 0.281215
2007-11-27 0.0250 0.262329
2007-08-28 0.0250 0.188822
2007-05-30 0.0200 0.142045
2007-03-01 0.0200 0.135962
2006-11-15 0.0200 0.115976
2006-08-28 0.0200 0.140252
2006-05-24 0.0140 0.091984
2006-02-24 0.0140 0.080948
2005-11-17 0.0140 0.092900
2005-08-26 0.0140 0.103973
2005-05-26 0.0105 0.085540
2005-03-01 0.0105 0.059880
2004-11-18 0.0100 0.067431
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.13
dividendYield 2.88
exDividendDate 2026-08-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.12
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.028675772
lastDividendValue 0.533
lastDividendDate 2026-08-25
dividendDate 2026-09-10

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.14561427
Address1 2,801 Post Oak Boulevard
Address2 Suite 600
All Time High 162.64
All Time Low 5.15
Ask 79.2
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 741,460
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,071,908
Average Volume 1,071,908
Average Volume10Days 741,460
Beta 0.622
Bid 72.7
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 9
Book Value 68.116
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 75.71
Current Ratio 2.453
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 76.01
Day Low 73.92
Debt To Equity 63.814
Display Name Westlake
Dividend Date 1,788,998,400
Dividend Rate 2.13
Dividend Yield 2.88
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,855,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,855,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 1,124,999,936
Ebitda Margins 0.09961
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.624
Enterprise To Revenue 1.258
Enterprise Value 14,202,476,544
Eps Current Year 3.22463
Eps Forward 3.36219
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -9.81
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,616,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 76.3654
Fifty Day Average Change -0.65540314
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.008582462
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -14.561426
Fifty Two Week High 124.23
Fifty Two Week High Change -48.520004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3905659
Fifty Two Week Low 56.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 19.379997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.34404397
Fifty Two Week Range 56.33 - 124.23
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,092,317,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.58
Float Shares 33,209,211
Forward Eps 3.36219
Forward P E 22.51806
Free Cashflow 23,125,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 14,600
Fullday Change 1.78
Fullday Change Percent 2.40768
Fullday Price 75.71
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.09625
Gross Profits 1,087,000,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.74509
Held Percent Institutions 0.31597
Implied Shares Outstanding 127,796,548
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,616,000
Last Dividend Value 0.533
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,395,187,200
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Performance and Essential Materials and The Housing and Infrastructure Products. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, chlor-alkali, chlorinated derivative products, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), epoxy specialty resins, and base epoxy resins and intermediaries. The Housing and Infrastructure Products segment provides residential PVC sidings; PVC trim and mouldings; architectural stone veneers; windows; PVC decking; polymer composite and cement roof tiles; PVC pipes and fittings for various water, sewer, electrical, and industrial applications; and PVC compounds for various housing, medical, and automobile products. This segment also offers consumer and commercial products, such as landscape edging; industrial, home, and office matting; marine dock edging; and masonry joint controls. It offers its products to chemical processors; plastics fabricators; small construction contractors; municipalities; and supply warehouses for use in various consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, healthcare products, water treatment, wind turbines, and coatings, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was formerly known as Westlake Chemical Corporation and changed its name to Westlake Corporation in February 2022. Westlake Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.
Long Name Westlake Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 9,675,475,968
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_701143
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-28
Net Income To Common -1,228,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,447,998,793
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 74.72
Operating Cashflow 631,000,000
Operating Margins 0.1122
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.694
Peg Ratio 1.7
Phone 713 960 9111
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 75.71
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Prev Name Westlake Chemical Corporation
Previous Close 73.93
Price Eps Current Year 23.47866
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.1114863
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.85669166
Profit Margins -0.10935
Quick Ratio 1.645
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.78
Regular Market Change Percent 2.40768
Regular Market Day High 76.01
Regular Market Day Low 73.92
Regular Market Day Range 73.92 - 76.01
Regular Market Open 74.72
Regular Market Previous Close 73.93
Regular Market Price 75.71
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 731,523
Return On Assets 0.00373
Return On Equity -0.11911
Revenue Growth 0.108
Revenue Per Share 88.144
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 127,796,548
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.038599998
Shares Short 4,936,041
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,275,584
Short Name Westlake Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1516
Short Ratio 4.44
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WLK
Target High Price 114.0
Target Low Price 80.0
Target Mean Price 93.73333
Target Median Price 92.0
Total Cash 1,852,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 14.492
Total Debt 5,875,999,744
Total Revenue 11,294,000,128
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.12
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.028675772
Trailing Eps -9.81
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 87.7036
Two Hundred Day Average Change -11.993599
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.1367515
Type Disp Equity
Volume 731,523
Website https://www.westlake.com
Zip 77,056