Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP): Price and Financial Metrics

WLKP POWR Grades

• WLKP scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 98.17% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WLKP is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 178 days.
• WLKP's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 49.49% of US stocks).

WLKP Stock Summary

• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for WLKP is currently 1.64, higher than merely 7.29% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for WESTLAKE CHEMICAL PARTNERS LP is higher than it is for about 94.61% of US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, WLKP is more volatile than just 6.71% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to WESTLAKE CHEMICAL PARTNERS LP are CLF, CCK, EAF, OLN, and WPP.
• WLKP's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit WESTLAKE CHEMICAL PARTNERS LP's official web site, go to www.wlkpartners.com.

WLKP Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, WLKP's price/sales ratio is 58.33% lower, now standing at 0.5.
• WLKP's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 12.5 over the prior 105 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WLKP.

WLKP Growth Metrics

The year over year price growth rate now stands at 3.54%.
• Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 3.14%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -81.84%.

WLKP's revenue has moved up $488,707,000 over the prior 15 months.

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

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,556.764	363.024	76.901
2022-06-30	1,435.607	346.988	74.934
2022-03-31	1,309.051	357.841	83.595
2021-12-31	1,214.858	408.439	82.547
2021-09-30	1,130.054	419.098	68.06
2021-06-30	1,068.057	436.796	73.805

WLKP'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.

• WLKP has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 99.06% of graded US stocks.
• WLKP's asset turnover comes in at 0.825 -- ranking 26th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
• SEE, CE, and WLK are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WLKP.

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