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How Westlake Corporation stacks up
WLK · against 188 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
5/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #188 of 189 · scores higher than 1% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including WLK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 5?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 94% of peers. Return on assets: -6.4% vs peer median 2.5%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 93% of peers. Operating margin: -11.0% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: -8.1% vs peer median 6.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WLK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WLK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 181 reported | -8.1% | 11.4% | 1% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 188 reported | -11.0% | 13.2% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 170 reported | -6.4% | 5.1% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 169 reported | -11.9% | 12.2% | 2% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 189 reported | 10.2% | 31.8% | 7% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WLK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 3 | 59.7B CNY (≈$8.4B) | 98 | 88 | |
| 3 | 8.2B CAD (≈$6.0B) | 98 | 59 | |
| 184 | 62.9B CNY (≈$8.8B) | 11 | 23 | |
| 185 | 12.7B CAD (≈$9.2B) | 10 | 35 | |
| 186 | 5.2B USD | 8 | 19 | |
| 187 | 6.7B USD | 7 | 42 | |
| 188 | 8.8B USD | 5 | 24 | |
| 189 | 4.7B USD | 0 | 24 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score