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