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NASDAQ · WLK

Westlake Corporation

Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty

$70.02

Up+$1.06 (+1.54%)

Updated Sep 16, 2026, 8:55 AM

SID Score

4.1/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
9.59B
P/E ratio
-10.02
Dividend yield
3.01%
52-week range
$56.33 – $124.23
Volume
864.51K
Avg. volume
1.61M

Price performance

WLK price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

WLK closed at $70.02 after 20 trading sessions, down 9.67% for the selected period.

Last close
$70.02
Period change
-9.67%
Period low
$68.96
Period high
$79.45
Daily close
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WLK OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 15, 2026$68.84$70.18$68.55$70.02864.51K
Sep 14, 2026$71.05$72.48$68.63$68.96976.51K
Sep 11, 2026$71.94$72.50$70.44$70.81533.8K
Sep 10, 2026$71.87$73.75$70.69$71.62891.89K
Sep 9, 2026$72.70$73.39$70.74$71.78846.7K
Sep 8, 2026$75.56$76.14$74.63$74.75561.12K
Sep 4, 2026$74.05$75.56$73.73$74.79570.45K
Sep 3, 2026$77.19$77.445$74.51$74.60594.99K
Sep 2, 2026$73.60$76.82$73.60$76.27737.25K
Sep 1, 2026$75.02$75.59$73.445$74.23577K
Aug 31, 2026$76.05$76.515$74.28$75.07561.71K
Aug 28, 2026$74.72$76.02$73.92$75.71750.75K
Aug 27, 2026$74.22$74.78$72.91$73.93586.22K
Aug 26, 2026$74.47$74.93$72.90$74.61819.34K
Aug 25, 2026$75.52$75.67$74.6003$74.80536.47K
Aug 24, 2026$78.67$79.175$76.19$76.49630.39K
Aug 21, 2026$79.13$80.09$78.81$78.93746.21K
Aug 20, 2026$78.58$80.19$78.01$78.85681.44K
Aug 19, 2026$78.39$80.575$77.6561$79.45772.16K
Aug 18, 2026$78.28$79.0424$76.45$77.52865.08K

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Overview

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Company profile

Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, polymers, and building products. Its Performance and Essential Materials segment offers a wide range of essential building blocks for making products utilized in everyday living, including olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, and epoxies. Its Housing and Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe and fittings, and global compounds businesses.

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Consensus
Average target
$85.86
Implied upside
Analysts
WLK recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 11, 2026KeybancOverweight
Sep 9, 2026BMO CapitalMarket Perform
Aug 6, 2026RBC CapitalOutperform
Aug 5, 2026Wells FargoEqual-Weight
Jul 20, 2026Truist SecuritiesBuy
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Yahoo · Aug 29, 2026

Westlake (WLK) Moved, What Is Drawing Attention Now?

Westlake (WLK) has declined about 39% over the past three years. This has prompted investors to reassess whether that drop properly reflects its business profile, earnings quality, and current valuation. Over the past year, Westlake has delivered a 1-year total shareholder return that declined 11.45%, even though the year-to-date share price return is up 2.10%. This points to some recent improvement in momentum after weaker three year performance and leaves current pricing closely tied to...

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