As of today (2022-07-03), Westlake's share price is $98.86. Westlake's Tangible Book per Share of Mar. 2022 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $37.79. Hence, Westlake's Price to Tangible Book Ratio of today is 2.62.
The historical rank and industry rank for Westlake's Price-to-Tangible-Book or its related term are showing as below:
WLK'
s Price-to-Tangible-Book Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.67 Med: 2.17 Max: 4.78
Current: 2.62
During the past 13 years, Westlake's highest Price to Tangible Book Ratio was 4.78. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 2.17.
WLK's Price-to-Tangible-Book is ranked worse than 60.43% of 1380
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.05
vs WLK: 2.62
A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. As of today, Westlake's share price is $98.86. Westlake's Book Value per Sharefor the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $67.65. Hence, Westlake's P/B Ratio of today is 1.46.
Westlake Price-to-Tangible-Book Historical Data
The historical data trend for Westlake's Price-to-Tangible-Book can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Westlake Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Price-to-Tangible-Book
4.47
2.16
2.21
2.40
2.86
Westlake Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Price-to-Tangible-Book
2.47
2.25
2.17
2.86
3.27
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Westlake's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Westlake Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Westlake's Price-to-Tangible-Book falls into.
Westlake Price-to-Tangible-Book Calculation
Westlake's price-to-tangible-book ratio for today is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book Ratio and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The Price-to-Book Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the Price-to-Book Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Westlake Price-to-Tangible-Book Related Terms
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Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. Its Performance & Essential Materials segment offers a wide range of essential building blocks for making products utilized in everyday living, including olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, and epoxies. Its Housing & Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe & fittings, and global compounds businesses.
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