Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK): Price and Financial Metrics
Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK)
Today's Latest Price: $54.30 USD
Updated Jul 7 12:37pm
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WLK Stock Summary
- Westlake Chemical Corp's market capitalization of $6,999,005,354 is ahead of 82.29% of US-listed equities.
- For WLK, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 88.61% of US equities we're observing.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of 60.34%, Westlake Chemical Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 82.42% of about US stocks.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Westlake Chemical Corp are R, LAMR, SLGN, VRTS, and OUT.
- WLK's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Westlake Chemical Corp's official web site, go to www.westlake.com.
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WLK Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $54.30 | 52-week high | $75.65 |
| Prev. close | $54.82 | 52-week low | $28.99 |
| Day low | $54.15 | Volume | 93,936 |
| Day high | $54.90 | Avg. volume | 783,089 |
| 50-day MA | $48.85 | Dividend yield | 1.92% |
| 200-day MA | $56.77 | Market Cap | 6.93B |
Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK) Company Bio
Westlake Chemical is a manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and building products used in a range of products including: ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, propylene, caustic, VCM, PVC suspension and specialty resins and PVC building products including pipe and specialty components, windows, fence, deck and film. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Houston, Texas.
WLK Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $54.30 | $38.58 | -29% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Westlake Chemical Corp. To summarize, we found that Westlake Chemical Corp ranked in the 40th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Our DCF analysis suggests the stock is overvalued by about 28.5%. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for WLK, they are:
- Westlake Chemical Corp's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 7%; for context, that number is higher than only 6.74% of tickers in our DCF set.
- As a business, Westlake Chemical Corp experienced a tax rate of about 5% over the past twelve months; relative to its sector (Basic Materials), this tax rate is higher than merely 24.3% of stocks generating free cash flow.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -30% |
| 1% | -30% |
| 2% | -29% |
| 3% | -28% |
| 4% | -27% |
| 5% | -27% |
SHW, RPM, RGLD, TREC, and UFS can be thought of as valuation peers to WLK, in the sense that they are in the Basic Materials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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