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WLK · Westlake Corporation

Specialty ChemicalsUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$64.56

+0.66% last session

End-of-day data · close of 2026-10-23

Mildly bearish1 bullish · 3 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (2.47 from 17 analysts)
To mean target: +24.1%

Market cap

$8B

Enterprise value

$13B

Trailing P/E

—

Forward P/E

25.7

Dividend yield

3.0%

Beta

0.69

Avg volume

1M

Employees

15K

Daily Change %

0.66%

5 Days Change

1.28%

10 Days Change

3.69%

30 Days Change

-6.26%

60 Days Change

-15.56%

Month to Day Change

2.67%

Year to Day Change

-11.68%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)2.47
Covering analysts17
Mean price target$80.12
Low price target$65.00
Upside to mean target+24.1%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)48.7
50-day MA$69.14
200-day MA$86.52
Price vs 50-day MA-6.6%
Price vs 200-day MA-25.4%
MACD histogram0.56
Volume vs 3-month avg1.1×
52w low $54.8952w high $121.80

Analyst sentiment over time — WLK

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-10-16

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

JP Morgan

Neutral

$65.00

+0.7% vs price
▼ cut from $80.00Maintains · 2026-10-16

Barclays

Underweight

$66.00

+2.2% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2026-10-13

RBC Capital

Outperform

$74.00

+14.6% vs price
▼ cut from $95.00Maintains · 2026-10-13

UBS

Buy

$86.00

+33.2% vs price
▼ cut from $98.00Maintains · 2026-10-05

Wells Fargo

Equal-Weight

$68.00

+5.3% vs price
▼ cut from $89.00Maintains · 2026-10-01

Citigroup

Neutral

$67.00

+3.8% vs price
▼ cut from $85.00Maintains · 2026-09-30

Morgan Stanley

Equal-Weight

$92.00

+42.5% vs price
▼ cut from $106Maintains · 2026-07-02

Bank of America

Neutral

$85.00

+31.7% vs price
▼ cut from $104Maintains · 2026-06-30

Goldman Sachs

Neutral

$78.00

+20.8% vs price
▼ cut from $88.00Maintains · 2025-11-03

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-10-16JP MorganMaintainsNeutral$80.00 → $65.00
2026-10-13BarclaysInitiatesUnderweight$0.00 → $66.00
2026-10-13RBC CapitalMaintainsOutperform$95.00 → $74.00
2026-10-05UBSMaintainsBuy$98.00 → $86.00
2026-10-01Truist SecuritiesMaintainsBuy$104 → $90.00
2026-10-01Wells FargoMaintainsEqual-Weight$89.00 → $68.00
2026-09-30CitigroupMaintainsNeutral$85.00 → $67.00
2026-09-25UBSMaintainsBuy$106 → $98.00

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-10-23

  • neutral: RSI (14): RSI is 49 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • bearish: Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 6.6% below the 50-day MA ($69.14).
  • bearish: Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 25.4% below the 200-day MA ($86.52).
  • bearish: MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
  • bullish: MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+0.56) — short-term momentum is improving.
  • neutral: 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($54.89) and high ($121.80).

WLK Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$11B
EBITDA$1.0B
Free cash flow$0M
Operating cash flow$1.0B
Book value / share$68.12
Net Debt / EBITDA3.6
WACC8.0%
Revenue growth11.00%
Earnings growth—

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. The Housing and Infrastructure Products segment provides residential PVC sidings; PVC trim and mouldings; architectural stone veneers; windows; PVC decking; polymer composite and cement roof tiles; PVC pipes and fittings for various water, sewer, electrical, and industrial applications; and PVC compounds for various housing, medical, and automobile products. This segment also offers consumer and commercial products, such as landscape edging; industrial, home, and office matting; marine dock edging; and masonry joint controls. It offers its products to chemical processors; plastics fabricators; small construction contractors; municipalities; and supply warehouses for use in various consumer and industrial markets, including residential construction, flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, healthcare products, water treatment, wind turbines, and coatings, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was formerly known as Westlake Chemical Corporation and changed its name to Westlake Corporation in February 2022. Westlake Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.

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