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WLK

Westlake Corporation Common Stock

Industrials · ·

$77.47

$1.27 (-1.6%)

Market Cap

$9.90B

Day Range

$77.35 - $80.53

52-Week Range

$56.33 - $124.23

Beta

Next Earnings

28.10.2026

WLK is a stock from the Industrials sectorManufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

-2.9% (1Y)

Investor Score
43/ 100D
🔴 Weak

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈51C-Technical
💰27FFundamental
🚀26FGrowth
💎38FValuation
📰80A-News
🏦42DQuality
⚠️56CRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🔴 Bearish

Technical Trend

🟡 Mixed

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Current ratio: 2.24
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 55.9 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟢 Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 2.24

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: -$76.89 vs. price $77.47 (-199.3%)
  • 🔴 Operating margin: -14.1% (negative)
  • 🔴 Net margin: -13.5% (negative)
  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 Return on equity (ROE): -17.2% (negative)

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Westlake Corporation Common Stock. News trend score: 80. Reason: 8 of the last 18 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟡 Indicators are mixed — no clear bias (6 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 50Price is below the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSIRSI 55.9 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🔴Stochastic%K 84.4 — overbought
  • 🔴ADX (trend strength)ADX 29.3 — strong trend
  • 🟢Volume trendRising volume supports the price advance
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-29.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (82%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 2.4%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.04

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Medium confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -11.3% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$78.74

Stop-Loss

$92.60

Risk per Share

$13.86

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$51.02

1:3 R

$37.15

1:5 R

$9.43

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

7 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

7.3%

Operating Margin

-14.1%

Net Margin

-13.5%

EBITDA Margin

-3.6%

Efficiency

ROE

-17.2%

ROA

-7.6%

ROIC

EPS

-$11.70

Balance Sheet

Cash

$2.72B

Total Debt

$5.58B

Current Ratio

2.24

Debt/Equity

0.64

Conclusions

  • 🔴Gross marginGross margin: 7.3% — weak
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: -14.1% (negative)
  • 🔴Net marginNet margin: -13.5% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): -17.2% (negative)
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): -7.6% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 2.24
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.64

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🔴Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): -8.0%
  • 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: -352.2%
  • 🔴Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: -273.2%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -350.5%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
27.5.2026$0.530
3.3.2026$0.530
25.11.2025$0.530
19.8.2025$0.530
20.5.2025$0.525
4.3.2025$0.525
26.11.2024$0.525
20.8.2024$0.525
20.5.2024$0.500
27.2.2024$0.500
20.11.2023$0.500
24.8.2023$0.500

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$77.47

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

-$76.89

Gap

-199.3%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

Show all model (DCF) assumptions →

Year 1 Growth Rate

-5.0%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
1-5.0%$-503.50M$-461.93M
2-3.1%$-487.77M$-410.54M
3-1.2%$-481.67M$-371.94M
40.6%$-484.68M$-343.36M
52.5%$-496.80M$-322.88M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$-530.00M

Terminal Value

$-7.83B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$-5.09B

Enterprise Value

$-7.00B

Net Debt

$2.86B

Equity Value

$-9.86B

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$68.55

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$52.51

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: -$76.89 vs. price $77.47 (-199.3%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $52.51
  • 🟡P/EP/E: -6.7

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 4 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Baksht JonathanGrant/Award from Employer15.6.202620,580+20,580
Bender Mark StevenTax Withholding in Shares13.5.202635,895-5,284$97.34
Bender Mark StevenExercise of Derivative Securities12.5.202641,179+13,164
Bender Mark StevenExercise of Derivative Securities12.5.20260-13,164
Powers Brian JohnGrant/Award from Employer2.4.20261,961+1,961
Bender Mark StevenOpen Market Sale27.3.202628,015-16,413$112.54
Buesinger Robert F.Open Market Sale27.3.202634,482-4,000$115.25
Bender Mark StevenExercise of Derivative Securities27.2.202668,041+6,199$65.81
Bender Mark StevenExercise of Derivative Securities27.2.202674,535+6,494$86.54
Bender Mark StevenDisposition to the Company27.2.202661,842-12,693$98.20
Bender Mark StevenOpen Market Sale27.2.202644,854-16,988$100.91
Bender Mark StevenOpen Market Sale27.2.202644,433-421$101.52
Bender Mark StevenExercise of Derivative Securities27.2.20260-6,494
Chao JamesTax Withholding in Shares20.2.202649,774-1,569$94.10
Chao JamesGrant/Award from Employer20.2.202627,382+27,382
Chao JamesGrant/Award from Employer20.2.20267,472+7,472
Chao AlbertTax Withholding in Shares20.2.2026642,880-2,501$94.10
Chao AlbertGrant/Award from Employer20.2.202654,763+54,763
Chao AlbertGrant/Award from Employer20.2.202614,945+14,945
Chao John Tsung-chenTax Withholding in Shares20.2.20267,888-91$94.10
Chao John Tsung-chenGrant/Award from Employer20.2.20264,044+4,044
Chao John Tsung-chenGrant/Award from Employer20.2.20261,104+1,104
Chao John Tsung-chenGrant/Award from Employer20.2.20262,434+2,434
Bender Mark StevenTax Withholding in Shares20.2.202661,842-445$94.10
Bender Mark StevenGrant/Award from Employer20.2.202628,389+28,389

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+8.4%

5,275,584 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 4,867,899 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

+56.6%

45.3% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 28.9% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 8 positive, 7 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 18 articles.