WLK — WESTLAKE CORP

US Materials Specialty chemicals equity mkt cap 10.1B
78.93 +0.10% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 56.38 · high 123.39

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Performance

1 day+0.10%
1 week-0.78%
1 month+4.92%
3 months-10.41%
6 months-16.39%
Year to date+6.45%
1 year-4.62%
3 years-39.26%
5 years-6.69%

Technicals

RSI 1467.9
vs 50-day avg+2.08%
vs 200-day avg-9.81%
Volatility 1y45.4%
Max drawdown 1y-43.36%
Avg volume 30d1.1M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.69%
Paid last 12m2.1230
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-02-25

Measured signals that fired on WLK

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-04Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-30Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-22Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-18Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-19Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-11Chao Albert
Executive Chairman
Open-market sale31.4K80.422.5M
2026-08-11Chao Albert
Executive Chairman
Option exercise38.9K61.872.4M
2026-08-11Chao Albert
Executive Chairman
Open-market sale7.5K79.70596.9K
2026-08-08Chao David Tsung-Hung
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08NORTHCUTT R BRUCE
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08Graff Michael J
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08MCCOLLUM MARK A
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08Lubel Kimberly S
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08Chao Catherine T.
Director
Option exercise2.2K
2026-08-08CREGG ROGER A
Director
Option exercise2.2K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Orbis Allan Gray Ltd618.4M5.3M
Capital World Investors491.9M4.2M
BlackRock, Inc.359.7M3.1M
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP215.3M1.8M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP209.5M1.8M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC206.7M1.8M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP171.3M1.5M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC170.0M1.5M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC162.8M1.4M
STATE STREET CORP161.3M1.4M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

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Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d50.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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