Both in Industrial Chemicals
NewMarket vs Westlake
Over the past year NEU returned +10.7% and WLK returned −17.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.
NEU +10.7% WLK −17.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | NEU | WLK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $904.63 | $63.39 |
| Market cap | $8.32B | $8.10B |
| Today | −0.86% | −5.16% |
| 1 month | −1.1% | −16.3% |
| 6 months | +44.0% | −45.4% |
| Year to date | +31.6% | −14.3% |
| 1 year | +9.0% | −18.4% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +7.0% | +10.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 19.9% |
| Net margin | 17.8% | 7.9% |
| P/E (TTM) | 19.3× | — |
| Price / sales | 3.0× | 0.7× |
| Net cash | -$761.2M | -$3.21B |
| Dividend yield | 1.33% | 3.36% |
| Volatility (60d) | 28.6% | 39.9% |
| Short % of float | 7.4% | 16.1% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).