WLK vs. LYB, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, LWLG, B, FNV, and CCJ
Should you be buying Westlake stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westlake include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Barrick Mining (B), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Cameco (CCJ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake vs. Its Competitors
LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) and Westlake (NYSE:WLK) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
LyondellBasell Industries currently has a consensus price target of $68.31, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Westlake has a consensus price target of $90.85, suggesting a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westlake is more favorable than LyondellBasell Industries.
Westlake has a net margin of 3.23% compared to LyondellBasell Industries' net margin of 2.81%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 13.19% beat Westlake's return on equity.
LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Westlake shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 12 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 5 mentions for Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Westlake's score of 0.81 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 169.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westlake pays out 70.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Westlake has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries and Westlake tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WLK) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
