company background image
UEO logo

Westlake DB:UEO Stock Report

Last Price

€107.00

Market Cap

€14.0b

7D

-5.3%

1Y

-16.4%

Updated

22 Dec, 2024

Data

Company Financials +

Westlake Corporation

DB:UEO Stock Report

Market Cap: €14.0b

UEO Stock Overview

Engages in the manufacture and marketing of performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, Taiwan, and internationally. More details

UEO fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation4/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends4/6

Rewards

Trading at 51.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 53.91% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 34.9%

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 1.85% is not well covered by earnings

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (0.8%) are lower than last year (9.2%)


My Notes

Capture your thoughts, links and company narrative

Westlake Corporation Competitors

Fuchs

XTRA:FPE3

€4.8b

SIMONA

DB:SIM0

€342.0m

Symrise

XTRA:SY1

€14.2b

Covestro

XTRA:1COV

€10.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Westlake
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$107.00
52 Week HighUS$149.00
52 Week LowUS$107.00
Beta1.16
1 Month Change-14.40%
3 Month Change-17.69%
1 Year Change-16.41%
3 Year Change28.92%
5 Year Change71.20%
Change since IPO1,683.33%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

UEODE ChemicalsDE Market
7D-5.3%-3.9%-2.6%
1Y-16.4%-8.9%6.9%

Return vs Industry: UEO underperformed the German Chemicals industry which returned -8.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: UEO underperformed the German Market which returned 6.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is UEO's price volatile compared to industry and market?
UEO volatility
UEO Average Weekly Movement3.1%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement3.9%
Market Average Movement4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market11.2%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market2.4%

Stable Share Price: UEO has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: UEO's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
198615,520Jean-Marc Gilsonwww.westlake.com

Westlake Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, Taiwan, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Performance and Essential Materials and Housing and Infrastructure Products. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, chlorinated derivative products, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), epoxy specialty resins, and base epoxy resins and intermediaries, as well as chlor-alkali, such as chlorine and caustic soda.

Westlake Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Westlake's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
UEO fundamental statistics
Market cap€13.97b
Earnings (TTM)€92.96m
Revenue (TTM)€11.62b

150.2x

P/E Ratio

1.2x

P/S Ratio

Is UEO overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
UEO income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$12.13b
Cost of RevenueUS$10.30b
Gross ProfitUS$1.83b
Other ExpensesUS$1.73b
EarningsUS$97.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.75
Gross Margin15.08%
Net Profit Margin0.80%
Debt/Equity Ratio41.3%

How did UEO perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.9%

Current Dividend Yield

268%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 14:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

Westlake Corporation is covered by 31 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullAlembic Global Advisors
Michael LeitheadBarclays
Frank MitschBB&T Capital Markets