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MEOH vs WLK

Side-by-side comparison of Methanex Corporation (MEOH) and Westlake Corporation (WLK): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MEOH and WLK operate in Major Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • WLK is the larger of the two at $10.92B, about 2.4x MEOH ($4.51B).
  • WLK has hit the wire 4 times in the past 4 weeks while MEOH has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
MetricMEOHWLK
Company
Methanex Corporation
Westlake Corporation
Price
$58.27+1.20%
$85.25+0.80%
Market cap
$4.51B
$10.92B
1M return
-5.08%
-
1Y return
+75.09%
-
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2004
News (4w)
0
4
Recent ratings
25
25
MEOH

Methanex Corporation

Methanex Corporation produces and supplies methanol in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and South America. The company also purchases methanol produced by others under methanol offtake contracts and on the spot market. In addition, it owns and leases storage and terminal facilities. The company owns and manages a fleet of approximately 30 ocean-going vessels. It serves chemical and petrochemical producers. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

WLK

Westlake Corporation

Westlake Chemical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and building products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Vinyls and Olefins. The Vinyls segment provides specialty and commodity polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomers, ethylene dichloride, chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated derivative, and ethylene products. This segment also manufactures and sells PVC compounds and building products fabricated from PVC, including residential siding, trim and molding, pipe and fittings for various water, sewer and industrial applications, profiles for windows and doors, decking products, films for various inflatables, wall covering tapes, roofing applications, and composite roof tiles. The Olefins segment offers polyethylene, styrene monomers, and various ethylene co-products, as well as sells propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen products. Westlake Chemical Corporation offers its products to a range of customers, including chemical processors, plastics fabricators, small construction contractors, municipalities, and supply warehouses in various consumer and industrial markets, such as flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, water treatment, refrigerants, and residential and commercial construction, as well as other durable and non-durable goods. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Westlake Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of TTWF LP.