WLK (Westlake) Risk Assessment

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What is Westlake Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Westlake is: Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding.

Competitive Comparison of Westlake's Risk Assessment

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Westlake's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Westlake's Risk Assessment falls into.

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Westlake (NYSE:WLK) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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Westlake Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77056

Website

https://www.westlake.com

Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, polymers, and building products. Its Performance and 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 and Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe and fittings, and global compounds businesses.

Executives

David Tsung-hung Chao	director, 10 percent owner	1000 UPTOWN PARK BLVD. #34, HOUSTON TX 77056
Robert F. Buesinger	officer: Sr. Vice President, Vinyls	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Mark Steven Bender	officer: Vice President/Treasurer	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Kimberly S Lubel	director	P.O. BOX 696000, SAN ANTONIO TX 78269-6000
Johnathan Stevan Zoeller	officer: VP and CAO	2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Thomas J. Janssens	officer: SVP, Ops - PEM & Corp Logistic	2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Catherine T. Chao	director, 10 percent owner	5815 NE 32ND AVE, PORTLAND OR 97211
Carolyn Chao Sabat	director, 10 percent owner	3019 CHEVY CHASE DR., HOUSTON TX 77019
Albert Chao	director, officer: President and CEO	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Roger L. Kearns	officer: EVP, Vinyls Chemicals	2801 POST OAK BLVD., HOUSTON TX 77056
L. Benjamin Ederington	officer: VP, General Counsel, Corp Secy	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Lawrence E. Teel	officer: Vice President, Olefins	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Andrew Kenner	officer: VP -- Manufacturing	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Ttwfgp Llc	10 percent owner	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
George J Mangieri	officer: Vice President and Controller	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056