Valuation
26% of the score
0median 13
An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.
WLKWestlake Corporation
$66.87-23% 1Y
$66.87
$55.2852 weeks$122.65
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 32 out of 100, Below average
Below average. Westlake Corporation scores higher than 27% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and capital allocation, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
25median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 5.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
5.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest -10%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 43 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -75%, and 58% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-43%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
74median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countFlat over 5 years
625%
-3%
0%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7.6% a year, sales 8.3%
9112%
-2%
-0.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of -11% is -0.96x its normal 12%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
-1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow -11%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
0median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDANet debt with no operating cash profit.
0Interest coverOperating profit covers interest -6x
01.5x
12x
-6.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
87median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 9.7% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-9.7%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.49
74-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.49
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.