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Westlake Corporation

WLKDividend Contender • 21yrs
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals🇺🇸 United States
$64.14
Dividend Yield3.33%
Annual Dividend$2.13
Ex-Dividend DateAug 25, 2026
Market Cap$8.09B
72/ 100
Financial Health
Stable
⚠ Negative return on equityConservative leverage (D/E 0.6x)Healthy yield (3.3%)Revenue growing (11%)

Automated dividend-safety read-out from payout, leverage, yield, profitability and track record. See the Financials tab for the full per-statement Financial Investigation. Educational only — not investment advice.

At a glance

Westlake Corporation (WLK) operates in the Specialty Chemicals industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $2.13 a year, a yield of 3.33% at the current price of $64.14. Westlake has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Contender. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 14.6% a year. It paid out 70% of its earnings as dividends. 17 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $81.65 is 27.3% above the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 23, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Hold
Bullish sentiment
35% of 17 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$81.65
+27.3% vs current price

About Westlake Corporation

Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Performance and Essential Materials and The Housing and Infrastructure Products. The Performance and Essential Materials segment offers ethylene, polyethylene, chlor-alkali, chlorinated derivative products, ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), epoxy specialty resins, and base epoxy resins and intermediaries.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
—
P/B Ratio
0.93
EV/EBITDA
11.2
Beta
0.69
vs S&P 500
52W High
$124.23
52W Low
$56.33

Profitability

Gross Margin
10.22%
Operating Margin
11.22%
Net Margin
-10.94%
ROE
-11.91%
Free Cash Flow
$23.1M

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
63.81
lower is safer
Current Ratio
2.45
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
1.65
>1 healthy
Employees
14,600
HQ
Houston, TX, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 23, 2026 09:11

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