Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK): Price and Financial Metrics

WLK POWR Grades

• Sentiment is the dimension where WLK ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 86.18% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WLK is in Value, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• WLK's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 58.49% of US stocks).

WLK Stock Summary

• WLK's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1.43 -- higher than just 7.04% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• For WLK, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 88.33% of US equities we're observing.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Westlake Corp is reporting a growth rate of 550.7%; that's higher than 96.08% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WLK, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SHC, IAA, POST, BERY, and TGNA.
• 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

• WLK's price/sales ratio is 1.2; this is 47.83% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• Over the past 208 months, WLK's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.6.
• WLK's price/earnings ratio has moved down 8.4 over the prior 208 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WLK.

WLK Growth Metrics

The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 19.44%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -66%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -62.34%.

Over the past 70 months, WLK's revenue has gone up $7,443,008,000.

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
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
2020-12-31	7,504	1,297	330
2020-09-30	7,422	1,199	289

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.