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Westlake LSE:0LVK Stock Report

Last Price

US$113.37

Market Cap

US$14.8b

7D

-1.4%

1Y

-18.0%

Updated

02 Jan, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

Westlake Corporation

LSE:0LVK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$14.8b

0LVK 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

0LVK fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation4/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends3/6

Rewards

Trading at 49.5% 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 33.3%

Risk Analysis

Large one-off items impacting financial results

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


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Westlake Corporation Competitors

Essentra

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UK£376.9m

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UK£4.7b

Zotefoams

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UK£153.1m

Antofagasta

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UK£15.9b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Westlake
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$113.37
52 Week HighUS$160.87
52 Week LowUS$112.42
Beta1.16
1 Month Change-11.22%
3 Month Change-22.97%
1 Year Change-18.04%
3 Year Change15.16%
5 Year Change68.23%
Change since IPO-0.69%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

0LVKGB ChemicalsGB Market
7D-1.4%-0.6%0.4%
1Y-18.0%-23.2%3.9%

Return vs Industry: 0LVK exceeded the UK Chemicals industry which returned -23.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0LVK underperformed the UK Market which returned 3.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0LVK's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0LVK volatility
0LVK Average Weekly Movement3.8%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement6.0%
Market Average Movement4.7%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market10.3%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market2.6%

Stable Share Price: 0LVK has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: 0LVK's weekly volatility (4%) 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?
0LVK fundamental statistics
Market capUS$14.76b
Earnings (TTM)US$97.00m
Revenue (TTM)US$12.13b

152.1x

P/E Ratio

1.2x

P/S Ratio

Is 0LVK overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0LVK 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 0LVK perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.8%

Current Dividend Yield

268%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 01:51
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 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.

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Analyst Sources

Westlake Corporation is covered by 31 analysts. 13 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