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WLK NYSE

Westlake Corporation
1W: +4.8% 1M: -3.6% 3M: -9.5% YTD: -11.9% 1Y: -16.4% 3Y: -42.1% 5Y: -30.4%
$66.46
+1.15 (+1.76%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±5.1%
$58 $61 $65 $68 $71
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Neutral · Power 46 · $8.3B mcap · 33M float · 3.02% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 59% of companies Debt: 40.8% of company value Bonds: $136.9M held by 178 funds, 125 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.00 (down 95%), Westlake Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.75B against a stock market value of $8.35B.
Distance to default 4.31 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $2.53B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 43.0%; Altman Z 1.69. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$465M -64.6% ▼
5Y CAGR: -18.5%
Capital Expenditures
$995M +1.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +13.6%
Free Cash Flow
-$530M -273.2% ▼
Dividends Paid
$272M -3.0% ▼
Buybacks
$63M -5.0% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$195M +49.2% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$2.1B$2.3B$522M$647M-$1.5B
Depreciation & Amort.$840M$1.1B$1.1B$1.1B$1.2B
Stock-Based Comp.$31M$36M$43M$41M$41M
Change in Working Capital-$614M-$24M$332M-$469M-$186M
Other Non-Cash Items$44M$51M$517M$16M$1.1B
Operating Cash Flow$2.4B$3.4B$2.3B$1.3B$465M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$658M-$1.1B-$1.0B-$1.0B-$995M
Acquisitions (Net)-$2.6B-$1.4B-$25M-$26M$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0-$272M
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$68M
Other Investing$23M$12M$22M$33M-$24M
Investing Cash Flow-$3.2B-$2.5B-$1.0B-$1.0B-$1.2B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$1.7B-$250M$0-$300M$933M
Stock Repurchased-$30M-$101M-$23M-$60M-$63M
Dividends Paid-$145M-$169M-$221M-$264M-$272M
Other Financing-$59M-$67M-$1M-$26M-$68M
Financing Cash Flow$1.4B-$587M-$245M-$650M$530M
Net Change in Cash$604M$305M$1.1B-$384M-$195M
Cash End of Period$1.9B$2.2B$3.3B$2.9B$2.7B
Free Cash Flow$1.7B$2.3B$1.3B$306M-$530M

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