DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. vs Westlake Corporation, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DD and WLK diverge most: on revenue growth, DD reads +3.3% and WLK reads -4.0%; on net margin, DD reads 0.8% and WLK reads -10.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DD | WLK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $127.01 | $70.75 |
| Market cap | $17.4B | $9.1B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 56.5 | — |
| P/B | 1.25 | 0.99 |
| P/S | 2.49 | 0.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.1 | 24.2 |
| Revenue growth | +3.3% | -4.0% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 11.1% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -10.9% |
| Return on equity | 0.4% | -13.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | -3.7% |
| FCF yield | -5.7% | -2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 3.4% | 3.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.23 | 0.55 |
| Current ratio | 2.43 | 2.45 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.33 | 2.01 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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