Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK): Price and Financial Metrics

WLK POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where WLK ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 89.9% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WLK is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• WLK's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 29.92% of US stocks).

WLK Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 3.88, WESTLAKE CORP P/E ratio is greater than that of about merely 8.77% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Over the past twelve months, WLK has reported earnings growth of 198.56%, putting it ahead of 91.66% of US stocks in our set.
• As for revenue growth, note that WLK's revenue has grown 66.33% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of 85.8% of US companies in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to WESTLAKE CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be DAR, TGNA, SSP, FOXA, and TRU.
• Visit WLK's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.westlake.com.

WLK Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, WLK's EV/EBIT ratio is 58.24% lower, now standing at 3.8.
• Over the past 221 months, WLK's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WLK.

WLK Growth Metrics

Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 58.11%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 411.94%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 492.27%.

WLK's revenue has moved up $10,025,544,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows WLK's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	15,101	3,125	2,865
2022-03-31	13,477	2,829	2,529
2021-12-31	11,778	2,394	2,015
2021-09-30	10,236	2,068	1,484
2021-06-30	9,079	1,670	934
2021-03-31	7,929	1,501	427

WLK's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WLK has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 74.3% of graded US stocks.
• WLK's asset turnover comes in at 0.686 -- ranking 41st of 89 Chemicals stocks.
• CE, ASIX, and EMN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WLK.

The table below shows WLK's key quality metrics over time.