RS Breakdown — momZ +1.21 · low 3w×1.00 · vs industry
About Westlake Chemical 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 derivativ… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: August 11, 2004
Headquarters: 2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX, United States, 77056
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$78.93
Market Cap
$10.08B
Float
33.2M
Shares Outstanding
127.8M
P/E (Forward)
19.88
Price/Sales (TTM)
0.89
vs. Analyst Target
+18.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
-10.94%
Operating Margin (TTM)
11.22%
Revenue (TTM)
$11.29B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
-62.30%
Dividend Rate
2.1%
Analyst Target Price
$93.73 (14 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$7.50B
$330M
$1.02B
$1.25B
2021
$11.78B
$2.02B
$3.50B
$3.69B
2022
$15.79B
$2.25B
$4.07B
$4.18B
2023
$12.55B
$479M
$2.22B
$1.96B
2024
$12.14B
$602M
$1.96B
$2.21B
2025
$11.17B
-$1.51B
$289M
-$199M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$2.84B
-$782M
Dec 2025
$2.53B
-$544M
Mar 2026
$2.65B
-$169M
Jun 2026
$3.27B
$260M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
74.5%
Institutional Ownership
31.8%
Short Float
14.6%
% of All Funds Holding
4.06%
Number of Funds Holding
357
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$76.51
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$88.17
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$86.60
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$111.98
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$86.68
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$87.29
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$111.18
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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