profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Westlake
$63.61+1.32% today
-2.0% in 1 year
1-year low $56.381-year high $123.39
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Westlake sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $15.8 billion in 2022 to $11.2 billion in 2025, with -$1.51 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Westlake vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake | No profit yet | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.8× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 32.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Westlake's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,504 | 11,778 | 15,794 | 12,548 | 12,142 | 11,170 | |
| 1,023 | 3,495 | 4,073 | 2,219 | 1,957 | 813 | |
| – | – | 3,109 | 1,232 | 966 | -211 | |
| 1,246 | 3,693 | 4,179 | 1,962 | 2,211 | -248 | |
| 330 | 2,015 | 2,247 | 479 | 602 | -1,508 | |
| 2.56 | 15.58 | 17.34 | 3.70 | 4.64 | -11.70 | |
| 13.6% | 29.7% | 25.8% | 17.7% | 16.1% | 7.3% | |
| – | – | 19.7% | 9.8% | 8.0% | -1.9% | |
| 4.4% | 17.1% | 14.2% | 3.8% | 5.0% | -13.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,835 | 18,459 | 20,550 | 21,035 | 20,750 | 19,961 |
| Cash | 1,313 | 1,908 | 2,228 | 3,304 | 2,919 | 2,724 |
| Total debt | 4,031 | 5,747 | 5,383 | 5,517 | 5,403 | 6,410 |
| Total liabilities | 7,257 | 9,931 | 10,085 | 10,271 | 9,707 | 10,666 |
| 6,043 | 7,955 | 9,931 | 10,241 | 10,527 | 8,792 | |
| 128 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 128 | |
| 3.7% | 16.4% | 16.1% | 4.3% | 5.4% | -7.4% | |
| 5.5% | 25.3% | 22.6% | 4.7% | 5.7% | -17.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,297 | 2,394 | 3,395 | 2,336 | 1,314 | 465 | |
| 525 | 658 | 1,108 | 1,034 | 1,008 | 995 | |
| 772 | 1,736 | 2,287 | 1,302 | 306 | -530 | |
| Dividends paid | 137 | 145 | 169 | 221 | 264 | 272 |
| 54 | 30 | 101 | 23 | 60 | 63 | |
| 29 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 41 | 41 |
Valuation
- –
- 15.5×
- –
- 0.9×
- 0.7×
- –
- –
- -6.5%
- -18.5%
- 2.4%
Profitability
- 7.3%
- -1.9%
- -13.5%
- -3.3%
- -7.6%
- 4.7%
- -17.7%
- -8.3%
- -10.0%
- –
Growth
- +8.3%
- –
- −273.2%
- +14.7%
- −0.2%
Financial health
- –
- 0.73
- 32.5%
- -8.3×
- 2.24
- 1.56
- 0.56
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 7%of 990
Bottom 7%of 950
Top 35%of 929
Bottom 12%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $109.57
- Range
- $80.00 – $145.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | -0.77 | -0.22 | −250.0% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -0.25 | -1.47 | +83.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -0.29 | 0.18 | −261.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -0.09 | 0.06 | −250.0% |
| May 2, 2025 | -0.31 | 0.70 | −144.3% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 0.06 | 1.05 | −94.3% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 1.41 | 2.21 | −36.2% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 2.40 | 1.99 | +20.6% |
2.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$24a year at today's yield, before tax
+14.7%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.69 in 2015 → $2.11 in 2025
How safe it looks
-16.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
14No pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
24No pass
Peter Lynch
36No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
20No pass
Terry Smith
22No pass
Questions about Westlake
Is Westlake a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Westlake AI analysis
What does Westlake do?
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 is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Houston, TX, United States, with 14,600 employees.
Does Westlake pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.4% a year. In 2025 it paid out $272 million in dividends.
Is Westlake stock halal?
No. Westlake does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 79% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Westlake stock done over the past year?
Down 2.0% over the past twelve months, to $63.61. It traded between $56.38 and $123.39 and is 48.4% below its high.
Who are Westlake's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, Ecolab and The Sherwin-Williams. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Westlake's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.