Westlake Corporation [WLK] stock is trading at $79.81, up 5.08%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WLK shares have gain 11.62% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.24%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Westlake Corporation [NYSE: WLK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 20, 2025, when Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $76 for it. Previously, BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy on April 15, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $75. On March 26, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $120 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $110 on February 27, 2025. Truist initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $168 as its price target on January 28, 2025. UBS upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on January 10, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $144. In a note dated December 18, 2024, Citigroup upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and revised its target price from $152 to $140.
Westlake Corporation [WLK] stock has fluctuated between $68.55 and $156.64 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $107.83 within the next 12 months. Westlake Corporation [NYSE: WLK] shares were valued at $79.81 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 35.11% based on the average WLK price forecast.
Analyzing the WLK fundamentals
Westlake Corporation [NYSE:WLK] reported sales of 12.01B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -4.34%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.14% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.53.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Westlake Corporation’s Current Ratio is 2.64. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.86 and the Cash Ratio stands at 1.01. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.85, the price to book ratio is 0.98 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.84.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Buesinger Robert F., EVP, PEM Segment Head, that happened on Apr 22 ’25 when 83.0 shares were purchased. EVP, PEM Segment Head, Buesinger Robert F. completed a deal on May 27 ’25 to sell 83.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Chao David Tsung-Hung sold 1750.0 shares on Nov 29 ’24.
