WLK PEER ANALYSIS

Westlake Chemical Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

WLKWestlake Chemical Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

WLKIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	WLK	BNR	ORI	AKZA	SY1	IMCD	Ind. Median
P/E	—	35.56	44.81	16.76●	33.72	22.68	27.62
P/B	1.12●	1.81	3.01	2.13	3.34	2.42	1.81
EV/EBITDA	—	9.29	9.81	8.48●	12.43	12.28	12.43
P/S	0.87	0.55●	1.39	1.05	2.02	1.03	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	WLK	BNR	ORI	AKZA	SY1	IMCD	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.17	1.74	1.31	1.72	2.52●	1.73	1.87
Debt/Equity	75.1%	75.4%	86.9%	125.2%	70.2%●	83.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-8.78●	2.31	1.77	1.94	1.42	2.81	2.15

Profitability
Metric	WLK	BNR	ORI	AKZA	SY1	IMCD	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-14.9%	1.5%	3.1%	6.3%●	6.0%	4.5%	3.5%
ROE	-17.3%	5.0%	6.1%	13.1%●	9.6%	10.2%	4.4%
ROA	-8.1%	2.0%	2.5%	4.1%	4.5%	4.6%●	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	-4.1%	7.9%	17.3%	16.0%	18.4%●	10.9%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WLK	BNR	ORI	AKZA	SY1	IMCD	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-8.6%	-9.5%	1.8%	-7.0%	24.4%●	1.2%	1.2%
NI Growth	—	-56.9%	155.6%●	32.7%	-15.3%	-21.8%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.9%	3.4%●	2.5%	3.3%	1.4%	2.2%	1.5%
Payout	-16.6%	132.9%	107.9%	56.0%	41.7%	58.4%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	WLK	ESI	EMN	AXTA	NEU	SOLS	Ind. Median
P/E	—	71.52	19.83	20.42	18.04●	—	27.62
P/B	1.12●	3.89	1.32	3.11	4.27	8.60	1.81
EV/EBITDA	—	37.57	10.64	10.02●	11.73	—	12.43
P/S	0.87●	3.80	0.92	1.47	2.74	—	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	WLK	ESI	EMN	AXTA	NEU	SOLS	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.17	2.68●	1.47	2.10	2.55	1.43	1.87
Debt/Equity	75.1%	78.9%	88.6%	130.0%	58.9%●	162.6%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-8.78●	5.89	3.94	2.53	1.33	—	2.15

Profitability
Metric	WLK	ESI	EMN	AXTA	NEU	SOLS	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-14.9%	5.3%	4.6%	7.2%	15.3%●	—	3.5%
ROE	-17.3%	5.7%	6.7%	16.4%	25.3%●	—	4.4%
ROA	-8.1%	2.8%	2.6%	4.9%	12.2%●	—	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	-4.1%	12.0%	13.7%	19.7%	26.4%●	—	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WLK	ESI	EMN	AXTA	NEU	SOLS	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-8.6%	13.0%●	-7.7%	-2.6%	-3.5%	—	1.2%
NI Growth	—	-48.0%	-56.7%	-17.8%	-14.5%●	—	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.9%	0.7%	5.0%●	0.0%	1.5%	0.1%	1.5%
Payout	-16.6%	52.6%	95.5%	0.0%	26.2%	—	9.1%

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