Is Westlake Corporation stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Westlake Corporation pays dividends. Last time was Thursday 12th of December 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Tuesday 26th of November 2024 were paid $0.525 per share. Over the last 81 times between 2004 and 2024, Westlake Corporation has paid $18.45165 with an average of $0.23 per share.
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We cannot find data for Westlake Corporation 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $68.77, you would have made a profit of $59.14 per share or 86.00%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Westlake Corporation is $492 685 thousand. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
Westlake Corporation has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.31, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. The company has a very low net profit margin of 0.81%, which is challenging.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Westlake Corporation to be low [0.5 of 1]
US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.