SeekingAlpha · Aug 14, 2026
Westlake: I Missed Out On A Surge, But The Overall "HOLD" Was Correct
Westlake Chemicals (WLK) rated HOLD with a $44 target amid overcapacity, housing weakness and leverage risks. Click to read my analysis.
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NYSE · WLK
Westlake Corporation
Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
$79.55
Down-$0.64 (-0.80%)
Updated Aug 16, 2026, 6:07 AM
SID Score
5.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 9.59B
- P/E ratio
- -10.02
- Dividend yield
- 2.65%
- 52-week range
- $56.33 – $124.23
- Volume
- 834.15K
- Avg. volume
- 1.61M
Price performance
WLK price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
WLK closed at $79.55 after 20 trading sessions, up 3.43% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $79.55
- Period change
- +3.43%
- Period low
- $69.89
- Period high
- $80.84
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $80.66 | $80.86 | $79.37 | $79.55 | 834.15K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $78.49 | $80.35 | $78.00 | $80.19 | 617.88K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $80.38 | $80.41 | $78.0349 | $79.17 | 734.24K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $78.82 | $80.98 | $78.82 | $80.84 | 1.02M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $77.26 | $79.305 | $76.615 | $79.09 | 1.3M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $76.95 | $79.15 | $76.325 | $77.47 | 918.77K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $79.77 | $80.57 | $77.35 | $77.47 | 906.62K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $79.42 | $79.765 | $75.48 | $78.74 | 1.79M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $72.86 | $80.64 | $72.72 | $80.63 | 3.01M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $70.16 | $71.00 | $68.70 | $69.89 | 2.22M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $71.03 | $71.50 | $68.48 | $70.50 | 1.5M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $72.52 | $72.8949 | $70.98 | $71.72 | 1.38M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $72.88 | $73.0125 | $71.255 | $72.25 | 1.4M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $73.17 | $74.32 | $71.89 | $72.16 | 894.86K |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $73.22 | $73.54 | $71.86 | $72.33 | 1.34M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $75.10 | $75.10 | $73.44 | $73.82 | 1.2M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $78.17 | $78.33 | $74.6994 | $75.23 | 772.14K |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $76.98 | $77.99 | $76.14 | $77.06 | 895.41K |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $77.26 | $77.35 | $75.34 | $76.22 | 908.27K |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $77.08 | $77.69 | $76.00 | $76.91 | 542.08K |
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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
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Mizuho | Neutral | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 11, 2026
Westlake (WLK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Sales hit $3.3 billion; cost initiatives delivered $150 million benefits.
Yahoo · Aug 10, 2026
WLK Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Rise Y/Y on Higher Prices
Westlake's Q2 earnings beat estimates as higher prices, stronger demand and improved operations drove a sharp profit recovery.
Yahoo · Aug 9, 2026
Westlake Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $3.3 billion and net income of $260 million, or $2.01 per share, compared with a net loss of $12 million in the prior-year quarter. The company said EBITDA reached $679 million, reflecting improvement in both its Performance and Essential
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