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Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK)

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160.58+0.35 (+0.22%)
At close: 04:00PM EDT
160.58 0.00 (0.00%)
After hours: 05:53PM EDT
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Valuation measures4

Market cap (intra-day) 20.60B
Enterprise value 23.00B
Trailing P/E 80.52
Forward P/E 21.37
PEG ratio (5-yr expected) N/A
Price/sales (ttm)1.70
Price/book (mrq)1.99
Enterprise value/revenue 1.89
Enterprise value/EBITDA 13.67

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly) 1.30
52-week change 338.42%
S&P500 52-week change 328.04%
52-week high 3162.64
52-week low 3103.28
50-day moving average 3152.05
200-day moving average 3136.31

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) 3425.13k
Avg vol (10-day) 3412.95k
Shares outstanding 5128.57M
Implied shares outstanding 6128.57M
Float 833.52M
% held by insiders 173.43%
% held by institutions 127.58%
Shares short (30 Apr 2024) 41.22M
Short ratio (30 Apr 2024) 42.7
Short % of float (30 Apr 2024) 43.65%
Short % of shares outstanding (30 Apr 2024) 40.95%
Shares short (prior month 28 Mar 2024) 41.51M

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate 42
Forward annual dividend yield 41.25%
Trailing annual dividend rate 31.86
Trailing annual dividend yield 31.16%
5-year average dividend yield 41.38
Payout ratio 493.32%
Dividend date 306 Jun 2024
Ex-dividend date 420 May 2024
Last split factor 22:1
Last split date 319 Mar 2014

Financial highlights

Fiscal year

Fiscal year ends 31 Dec 2023
Most-recent quarter (mrq)31 Mar 2024

Profitability

Profit margin 2.13%
Operating margin (ttm)7.63%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)2.75%
Return on equity (ttm)2.77%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)12.17B
Revenue per share (ttm)95.05
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)-11.40%
Gross profit (ttm)N/A
EBITDA 1.89B
Net income avi to common (ttm)257M
Diluted EPS (ttm)1.99
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)-55.80%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)3.11B
Total cash per share (mrq)24.17
Total debt (mrq)5.51B
Total debt/equity (mrq)50.79%
Current ratio (mrq)2.46
Book value per share (mrq)80.35

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)1.99B
Levered free cash flow (ttm)1.2B