Both in Industrial Chemicals

Westlake vs REX American Resources

Over the past year WLK returned −0.8% and REX returned +22.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

WLK −0.8% REX +22.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWLKREX
Price$68.28$39.24
Market cap$8.73B$1.30B
Today+3.44%+0.98%
1 month+9.3%−10.3%
6 months−40.6%−21.5%
Year to date−7.7%+21.4%
1 year−7.1%+23.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.8%+17.9%
Gross margin19.9%28.5%
Net margin7.9%18.7%
P/E (TTM)—10.8×
Price / sales0.8×1.9×
Net cash-$3.21B$376.4M
Dividend yield3.12%—
Volatility (60d)30.4%29.5%
Short % of float12.9%3.1%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).