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How Westlake Chemical Partners LP stacks up
WLKP · against 550 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
90/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #27 of 551 · scores higher than 95% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score28 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including WLKP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 90?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 70% of peers. Return on assets: 4.7% vs peer median 2.5%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 91% of peers. Operating margin: 28.8% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 33.9% vs peer median 6.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WLKP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WLKP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 520 reported | 33.9% | 5.2% | 96% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 537 reported | 28.8% | 5.9% | 96% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 536 reported | 4.7% | 1.8% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 529 reported | 41.8% | 4.0% | 98% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 569 reported | 31.2% | 18.8% | 74% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WLKPScores 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