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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Chemicals · CIK 0001604665
$20.96
+0.43% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 22, 2026
$738.6M market value
From Westlake Chemical Partners LP's FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 4, 2026 · read the filing
Westlake Chemical Partners LP makes paints, coatings and speciality chemicals. It took in $1.17B last year, which makes it a mid-sized company. Of every dollar it sells, about 4 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by debt, with profitability and growth worth watching.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Financial health
Generally healthy, with a few things to watch.
From Westlake Chemical Partners LP's FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Free cash flow
$436.0M → $201.7M
Capital spending
$49.0M → $78.8M
Gross profit
$418.9M → $347.8M
Operating income
$390.4M → $319.6M
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Mar 4, 2026
Deteriorated: -53.8%
$436.0M to $201.7MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
WLKP rose 0.43% on the latest quote. The average Materials company tracked here moved −1.23%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 1.7 points above its sector and 1.5 points above the market.
These coincide with the move in time. None is presented as its cause: a price can move on news that names no company, on the wider market, or on trading that no document records.
Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 7 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 7 analysts publishing on this company, 2 say strong buy, 4 say buy and 1 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 4 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $48.7M last year.
Barely. Sales were roughly flat, up 2.7%.
It does not appear so. For every $1 it owes, it owns $2.77 in assets.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Income
This company pays no dividend. It keeps its profits and reinvests them in the business instead, so any return would have to come from the share price.
Figures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it earned $48.7M and generated $280.5M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Mar 4, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Mar 5, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Mar 5, 2025Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Mar 5, 2025Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 2, 2022Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $1.17B | $1.14B | $1.19B | $250.2M | $188.3M | +2.7% |
| Cost of revenue | $818.8M | $717.0M | $803.3M | $1.22B | $773.2M | +14.2% |
| Gross profit | $347.8M | $418.9M | $387.5M | $377.4M | $441.7M | −17.0% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 29.8% | 36.9% | 32.5% | 150.8% | 234.6% | −7.1 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $28.3M | $28.5M | $29.8M | $29.7M | $31.0M | −0.8% |
| Operating income | $319.6M | $390.4M | $357.7M | $347.7M | $410.7M | −18.2% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 27.4% | 34.4% | 30.0% | 138.9% | 218.1% | −7.0 pts |
| Interest expense | $22.9M | $25.7M | $26.5M | $13.4M | — | −10.9% |
| Income before tax | $299.1M | $370.0M | $335.4M | $335.8M | $401.9M | −19.2% |
| Net income | $48.7M | $62.4M | $54.3M | $64.2M | $82.5M | −21.9% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 4.2% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 25.6% | 43.8% | −1.3 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $1.38 | $1.77 | $1.54 | — | $2.34 | −22.0% |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Exercised stock options — 5,005 shares
Holds 36,935 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 5,005 shares
Holds 28,918 shares after this filing.
Shares were sold back to the company — 5,005 shares at $21.35 ($106.9K)
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Had a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Operating margin −1.3 pts · Cash +34.8% — against Q2 FY2025
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
The 2 subsidiaries named in its 10-K. A filer lists the significant ones and may leave the rest out, so this is the floor rather than the full count.
Source: Exhibit 21 of the 10-K filed 2026-03-04. These are legal entities, not brands or acquisitions — a company that bought a business may hold it inside an entity named here, or inside one small enough that the rule does not require naming it at all.
Coverage from the last 30 days
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from WLKP's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Mar 4, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 8 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.3 | 5/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 4, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 6.0 | 7/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 5, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 8.7 | 5/7 | 10-K, filed Feb 28, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 10.0 | 5/7 | 10-K, filed Mar 1, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 10.0 | 6/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 2, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 6.0 | 6/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 2, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
5 of 8 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's. One could not be evaluated and is excluded from the total rather than counted as a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Changed: +60.9%
$49.0M to $78.8MCritical
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Deteriorated: -17.0%
$418.9M to $347.8MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: -18.2%
$390.4M to $319.6MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: -21.9%
$62.4M to $48.7MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −7.1 pts
36.9% to 29.8%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: −7.0 pts
34.4% to 27.4%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: -22.0%
$1.77 to $1.38Significant
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -24.1%
$58.3M to $44.3MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: −1.3 pts
5.5% to 4.2%Notable
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +34.8%
$36.6M to $49.3MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: −1.3 pts
30.7% to 29.4%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +1.2 pts
30.7% to 31.9%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +1.1 pts
28.3% to 29.4%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +11.4%
$44.3M to $49.3MNotable
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
2 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
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The trailing P/E is 12.8x — investors pay $12.8 for each $1 of trailing profit.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Holds 23,913 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 5,005 shares
Holds 12,168 shares after this filing.
Shares were sold back to the company — 2,502 shares at $21.35 ($53.4K)
Holds 9,666 shares after this filing.
Estimated from how often this has happened before, not a confirmed date.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Published results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Quarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Revenue +28.6% · Operating margin +8.7 pts · Gross profit +73.4% — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Operating margin −7.0 pts · Free cash flow -53.8% · Capital spending +60.9% — against FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Revenue +11.5% · Operating margin −9.8 pts · Gross margin −10.0 pts — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Published results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Operating margin −2.2 pts · Cash -44.6% · Gross margin −2.8 pts — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Revenue -16.5% · Operating margin −13.8 pts · Gross profit -47.1% — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2024
Operating margin +4.3 pts · Gross margin +4.3 pts · Gross profit +8.1% — against FY2023
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2024
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