AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. vs Westlake Corporation, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APD and WLK diverge most: on revenue growth, APD reads +4.6% and WLK reads -8.7%; on return on invested capital, APD reads 10.1% and WLK reads -9.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What APD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What WLK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | APD | WLK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $294.90 | $70.52 |
| Market cap | $65.7B | $9.0B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +25.0% | — |
| P/B | 3.96 | 1.00 |
| P/S | 5.21 | 0.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.9 | — |
| Revenue growth | +4.6% | -8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 4.2% |
| Operating margin | -66.3% | -6.5% |
| Net margin | -0.4% | -14.9% |
| Return on equity | -0.3% | -18.1% |
| Return on assets | -0.1% | -8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.1% | -9.0% |
| FCF yield | -2.4% | -5.6% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 3.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.67 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 2.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.37 | 1.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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