The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2022-05-21), Westlake's share price is $126.21. Westlake's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was $67.65. Hence, Westlake's PB Ratio of today is 1.87.
The historical rank and industry rank for Westlake's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WLK'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73 Med: 2.1 Max: 4.75
Current: 1.87
During the past 13 years, Westlake's highest PB Ratio was 4.75. The lowest was 0.73. And the median was 2.10.
WLK's PB Ratio is ranked better than 51.09% of 1419
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.89
vs WLK: 1.87
During the past 12 months, Westlake's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 38.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Westlake was 27.10% per year. The lowest was -4.90% per year. And the median was 14.60% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Westlake PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Westlake's PB Ratio 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
PB Ratio
2.83
1.52
1.54
1.73
1.56
Westlake Quarterly Data
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
PB Ratio
1.82
1.71
1.60
1.56
1.82
Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Westlake's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Westlake's PB Ratio falls into.
Westlake PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Westlake's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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 Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Westlake PB Ratio 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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