Currently, Westlake Corporation [WLK] is trading at $82.31, up 3.05%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The WLK shares have gain 6.00% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.08%, 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 August 06, 2025, when Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $90 for it. Previously, Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on May 20, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $76. On April 15, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $75 on the stock. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $120 on March 26, 2025. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $110 on February 27, 2025. Truist started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on January 28, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $168. In a note dated January 10, 2025, UBS upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $144.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $68.55 and a high of $149.34 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $100.33 within the next 12 months. Westlake Corporation [NYSE: WLK] shares were valued at $82.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.89% based on the average WLK price forecast.
Analyzing the WLK fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Westlake Corporation [NYSE:WLK] were 11.76B which represents -7.92% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.1% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.01%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.0, Equity is -0.01 and Total Capital is 0.02. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.55.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 79.81 points at the first support level, and at 77.31 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 83.79, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 85.27.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Westlake Corporation [NYSE:WLK] is 2.47. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.75, while the Cash Ratio is 0.87. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.90, the price to book ratio is 1.03.
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.
