Westlake Corporation (WLK) Stock Overview
NYSE · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About Westlake Corporation
Westlake Corporation manufactures and markets performance and essential materials, and housing and infrastructure products in the United States, Canada, Germany, China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Performance and Essential Materials and…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
Westlake Corporation operates in the Basic Materials sector, within the Specialty Chemicals industry group. It is listed on the NYSE exchange.
Westlake Corporation at a Glance
| Company | Westlake Corporation |
| Ticker | WLK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $74.79 |
| Market cap | $9.56B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | — |
| EPS (trailing) | -$9.58 |
| 52-week high | $124.23 |
| 52-week low | $56.33 |
| Dividend yield | 2.85% |
| Ex-dividend date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Beta | 0.63 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -11.91% |
| Debt-to-equity | 63.81% |
| Average volume | 1.05M |
| Shares outstanding | 127.80M |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Employees | 14,600 |
| Country | United States |
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- Does Westlake Corporation pay a dividend?
- Westlake Corporation's trailing annual dividend yield is 2.85%. Compare with other high-yield stocks →
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