Both in Industrial Chemicals
Westlake vs Minerals Technologies
Over the past year WLK returned −0.8% and MTX returned +10.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.27.
WLK −0.8% MTX +10.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | WLK | MTX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $68.28 | $62.74 |
| Market cap | $8.73B | $1.95B |
| Today | +3.44% | +1.47% |
| 1 month | +9.3% | −3.7% |
| 6 months | −40.6% | −17.4% |
| Year to date | −7.7% | +2.9% |
| 1 year | −7.1% | +13.9% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +10.8% | +4.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 23.3% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 7.7% |
| P/E (TTM) | — | — |
| Price / sales | 0.8× | 0.9× |
| Net cash | -$3.21B | -$578.8M |
| Dividend yield | 3.12% | 0.77% |
| Volatility (60d) | 30.4% | 16.2% |
| Short % of float | 12.9% | 2.6% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).