Westlake WLK Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 6.3%-8.0pp | 7.3%-8.8pp | 9.2%-5.9pp | 11.2%-4.6pp | 14.3%-1.2pp | |
| Operating margin | -15.7%-20.8pp | -14.1%-21.3pp | -7.3%— | 0.9%— | 5.2%— | |
| Net margin | -14.9%-18.1pp | -13.5%-18.5pp | -8.3%— | -0.6%— | 3.2%— | |
| EBITDA margin | -4.9%-19.4pp | -3.6%-20.0pp | 2.8%— | 10.6%— | 14.5%— | |
| Free cash flow margin | -4.6%-5.3pp | -4.7%-7.3pp | -3.2%-6.9pp | -0.5%-5.8pp | 0.7%-7.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -17.3%-21.0pp | -15.6%-21.4pp | -9.5%— | -0.6%— | 3.7%— | |
| Return on assets | -8.1%-10.0pp | -7.4%-10.3pp | -4.7%— | -0.3%— | 1.9%— | |
| Return on invested capital | -13.1%-16.1pp | -12.4%-17.1pp | -6.5%— | 0.4%— | 3%— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.9×0.0× | 6.2×0.0× | 6×0.0× | 6.1×0.0× | 6×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.2×-0.5× | 2.2×-0.6× | 2×-0.8× | 2.5×-0.1× | 2.6×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.6×-0.4× | 1.4×-0.7× | 1.8×-0.2× | 1.9×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.8×-0.2× | 1×-0.3× | 0.7×-0.6× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.7×+0.2× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Interest coverage | -9.1×-13.1× | -9.2×-14.7× | -5.3×— | 0.7×— | 3.9×— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $66.78-17.7% | $68.55-15.9% | $73.50-10.8% | $80.15-2.0% | $81.13+1.3% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $14.94B+16.3% | $9.48B-35.7% | $9.88B-48.9% | $9.72B-47.7% | $12.85B-34.5% | |
| Enterprise value | $19.03B+19.0% | $13.15B-23.6% | $13.3B-39.2% | $13.14B-38.1% | $16B-27.3% | |
| Price / sales | 1.4×+0.3× | 0.8×-0.4× | 0.9×-0.7× | 0.8×-0.7× | 1.1×-0.5× | |
| Price / book | 1.7×+0.5× | 1.1×-0.3× | 1×-0.8× | 0.9×-0.8× | 1.2×-0.7× | |
| EV / sales | 1.7×+0.4× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.2×-0.6× | 1.1×-0.6× | 1.3×-0.5× | |
| Free cash flow yield | -3.4%-4.1pp | -5.6%-7.7pp | -3.7%-6.0pp | -0.6%-4.0pp | 0.7%-4.2pp | |
| Earnings yield | -11%-14.0pp | -15.9%-20.0pp | -9.7%— | -0.7%— | 3%— | |
| Dividend yield | 1.8%-0.3pp | 2.9%+1.1pp | 2.7%+1.4pp | 2.8%+1.4pp | 2.1%+0.9pp |
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- What are Westlake's profit margins?
- Westlake (WLK) runs a 6.3% gross margin and a -15.7% operating margin, with a -14.9% net margin.
- Where do Westlake's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Westlake's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
