WLK vs. LYB, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, IFF, NEU, SXT, and MEOH
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), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), NewMarket (NEU), Sensient Technologies (SXT), and Methanex (MEOH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Westlake vs.
Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
28.4% of Westlake shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Westlake currently has a consensus price target of $140.07, suggesting a potential upside of 39.08%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus price target of $88.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.22%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Westlake is more favorable than LyondellBasell Industries.
LyondellBasell Industries received 290 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 57.07% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.
Westlake has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 3.39% compared to Westlake's net margin of 0.81%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 15.97% beat Westlake's return on equity.
Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Westlake pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 129.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and LyondellBasell Industries has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 11 mentions for Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Westlake's score of 0.70 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WLK) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
