Westlake Chemical Partners LP

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US9604171036
USD
22.60
-0.17 (-0.75%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Westlake Chemical Partners LP ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 41.50%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.74 times
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -1.43% of over the last 5 years
4
The company declared very negative results in Mar'25 after flat results in Dec'24
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 313.39 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 19.51 MM has Grown at -33.34%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 8.06% (YoY)
5
With ROCE of 39.90%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.32 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -18.13%, its profits have fallen by -3.3%
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -18.13% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Westlake Chemical Partners LP should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Westlake Chemical Partners LP for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Westlake Chemical Partners LP
2.4%
-0.75
17.44%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
3.82%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-2.04%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
25.44
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.74
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.69
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.27
Tax Ratio
0.23%
Dividend Payout Ratio
136.46%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
32.03%
ROCE (avg)
41.50%
ROE (avg)
66.20%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
3
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.53
EV to EBIT
3.51
EV to EBITDA
2.50
EV to Capital Employed
1.31
EV to Sales
0.96
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
37.31%
ROE (Latest)
59.58%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 2,376.95

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 290.84 times

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -36.35% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 9.02 times

-2What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 344.89 MM

Here's what is working for Westlake Chemical Partners LP

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 2,376.95 and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 290.84 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 9.02 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -36.35% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Westlake Chemical Partners LP

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 344.89 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)