Westlake Net Income vs Change To Inventory Analysis

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Net Income vs Change To Inventory

Net Income vs Change To Inventory Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Westlake Chemical Net Income account and Change To Inventory. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have strong contrarian relationship.

The correlation between Westlake Chemical's Net Income and Change To Inventory is -0.61. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Net Income that can explain the historical movement of Change To Inventory in the same time period over historical financial statements of Westlake Chemical, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Westlake Chemical's Net Income and Change To Inventory is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Net Income of Westlake Chemical are associated (or correlated) with its Change To Inventory. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Change To Inventory has no effect on the direction of Net Income i.e., Westlake Chemical's Net Income and Change To Inventory go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.61

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Weak

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Net Income

Net income is one of the most important fundamental items in finance. It plays a large role in Westlake Chemical financial statement analysis. It represents the amount of money remaining after all of Westlake Chemical operating expenses, interest, taxes and preferred stock dividends have been deducted from a company total revenue.

Change To Inventory

The increase or decrease in the amount of inventory a company has over a certain period.

Most indicators from Westlake Chemical's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Westlake Chemical current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Westlake Chemical. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

For more information on how to buy Westlake Stock please use our How to buy in Westlake Stock guide.At this time, Westlake Chemical's Selling General Administrative is quite stable compared to the past year. Tax Provision is expected to rise to about 241.9 M this year, although Enterprise Value Over EBITDA will most likely fall to 5.70.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Revenue	11.8B	15.8B	12.5B	13.2B
Depreciation And Amortization	840M	1.1B	1.1B	1.2B

Total Revenue Depreciation And Amortization

Westlake Chemical fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Cash	Cash And Short Term Investments	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Total Current Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Other Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Other Assets	Long Term Debt	Net Receivables	Common Stock Total Equity	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross
Total Assets		0.98	0.82	0.86	0.83	0.26	0.96	0.98	0.63	0.97	0.96	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.99	0.4	0.44	0.97	0.98	0.34	0.98	0.98	0.54	-0.67	0.99	0.99
Total Stockholder Equity	0.98		0.71	0.9	0.89	0.3	0.98	0.93	0.61	0.95	0.9	0.94	1.0	0.96	0.96	0.31	0.38	0.91	0.96	0.32	0.92	0.98	0.52	-0.6	0.94	0.98
Net Debt	0.82	0.71		0.47	0.42	0.14	0.66	0.9	0.49	0.77	0.91	0.88	0.72	0.81	0.87	0.57	0.49	0.93	0.83	0.38	0.92	0.75	0.46	-0.75	0.89	0.77
Cash	0.86	0.9	0.47		0.99	0.32	0.96	0.81	0.66	0.91	0.74	0.77	0.9	0.87	0.81	0.13	0.28	0.75	0.82	0.19	0.76	0.87	0.44	-0.33	0.81	0.89
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.83	0.89	0.42	0.99		0.36	0.95	0.77	0.65	0.89	0.71	0.74	0.88	0.84	0.77	0.09	0.26	0.71	0.79	0.22	0.72	0.84	0.44	-0.29	0.77	0.86
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.26	0.3	0.14	0.32	0.36		0.37	0.19	0.21	0.23	0.19	0.26	0.28	0.3	0.22	0.03	0.02	0.19	0.28	0.43	0.2	0.28	0.09	0.35	0.21	0.22
Total Current Assets	0.96	0.98	0.66	0.96	0.95	0.37		0.91	0.62	0.96	0.86	0.89	0.97	0.97	0.92	0.25	0.4	0.88	0.94	0.31	0.89	0.96	0.56	-0.48	0.92	0.97
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.98	0.93	0.9	0.81	0.77	0.19	0.91		0.65	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.93	0.97	0.98	0.44	0.46	0.99	0.95	0.33	0.99	0.93	0.53	-0.7	1.0	0.96
Other Current Liab	0.63	0.61	0.49	0.66	0.65	0.21	0.62	0.65		0.68	0.66	0.65	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.49	0.36	0.59	0.56	0.25	0.6	0.51	0.3	-0.33	0.62	0.61
Total Current Liabilities	0.97	0.95	0.77	0.91	0.89	0.23	0.96	0.97	0.68		0.91	0.94	0.95	0.98	0.95	0.36	0.42	0.93	0.94	0.29	0.93	0.95	0.54	-0.59	0.96	0.97
Other Liab	0.96	0.9	0.91	0.74	0.71	0.19	0.86	0.97	0.66	0.91		0.98	0.91	0.93	0.97	0.49	0.49	0.98	0.94	0.42	0.98	0.89	0.5	-0.77	0.98	0.93
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.98	0.94	0.88	0.77	0.74	0.26	0.89	0.97	0.65	0.94	0.98		0.94	0.95	0.99	0.43	0.37	0.97	0.94	0.43	0.98	0.93	0.43	-0.73	0.98	0.95
Retained Earnings	0.98	1.0	0.72	0.9	0.88	0.28	0.97	0.93	0.61	0.95	0.91	0.94		0.96	0.97	0.32	0.38	0.91	0.96	0.33	0.93	0.98	0.52	-0.63	0.95	0.98
Accounts Payable	0.98	0.96	0.81	0.87	0.84	0.3	0.97	0.97	0.61	0.98	0.93	0.95	0.96		0.97	0.39	0.49	0.96	0.98	0.31	0.96	0.98	0.61	-0.6	0.98	0.98
Non Current Assets Total	0.99	0.96	0.87	0.81	0.77	0.22	0.92	0.98	0.61	0.95	0.97	0.99	0.97	0.97		0.44	0.44	0.98	0.97	0.36	0.99	0.96	0.52	-0.73	0.99	0.97
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.4	0.31	0.57	0.13	0.09	0.03	0.25	0.44	0.49	0.36	0.49	0.43	0.32	0.39	0.44		0.78	0.47	0.47	0.07	0.46	0.27	0.47	-0.47	0.44	0.32
Other Assets	0.44	0.38	0.49	0.28	0.26	0.02	0.4	0.46	0.36	0.42	0.49	0.37	0.38	0.49	0.44	0.78		0.5	0.57	0.08	0.49	0.38	0.83	-0.35	0.48	0.42
Long Term Debt	0.97	0.91	0.93	0.75	0.71	0.19	0.88	0.99	0.59	0.93	0.98	0.97	0.91	0.96	0.98	0.47	0.5		0.96	0.33	1.0	0.93	0.55	-0.73	0.99	0.95
Net Receivables	0.98	0.96	0.83	0.82	0.79	0.28	0.94	0.95	0.56	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.96	0.98	0.97	0.47	0.57	0.96		0.34	0.97	0.97	0.66	-0.65	0.97	0.97
Common Stock Total Equity	0.34	0.32	0.38	0.19	0.22	0.43	0.31	0.33	0.25	0.29	0.42	0.43	0.33	0.31	0.36	0.07	0.08	0.33	0.34		0.36	0.28	0.2	-0.28	0.34	0.31
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.98	0.92	0.92	0.76	0.72	0.2	0.89	0.99	0.6	0.93	0.98	0.98	0.93	0.96	0.99	0.46	0.49	1.0	0.97	0.36		0.93	0.54	-0.73	1.0	0.95
Inventory	0.98	0.98	0.75	0.87	0.84	0.28	0.96	0.93	0.51	0.95	0.89	0.93	0.98	0.98	0.96	0.27	0.38	0.93	0.97	0.28	0.93		0.55	-0.6	0.95	0.98
Other Current Assets	0.54	0.52	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.09	0.56	0.53	0.3	0.54	0.5	0.43	0.52	0.61	0.52	0.47	0.83	0.55	0.66	0.2	0.54	0.55		-0.32	0.54	0.59
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.67	-0.6	-0.75	-0.33	-0.29	0.35	-0.48	-0.7	-0.33	-0.59	-0.77	-0.73	-0.63	-0.6	-0.73	-0.47	-0.35	-0.73	-0.65	-0.28	-0.73	-0.6	-0.32		-0.7	-0.64
Total Liab	0.99	0.94	0.89	0.81	0.77	0.21	0.92	1.0	0.62	0.96	0.98	0.98	0.95	0.98	0.99	0.44	0.48	0.99	0.97	0.34	1.0	0.95	0.54	-0.7		0.97
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.99	0.98	0.77	0.89	0.86	0.22	0.97	0.96	0.61	0.97	0.93	0.95	0.98	0.98	0.97	0.32	0.42	0.95	0.97	0.31	0.95	0.98	0.59	-0.64	0.97

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Westlake Chemical Account Relationship Matchups

Westlake Chemical fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	13.3B	13.8B	18.5B	20.6B	21.0B	22.1B
Total Stockholder Equity	5.9B	6.0B	8.0B	9.9B	10.2B	10.8B
Net Debt	2.7B	2.3B	3.3B	2.7B	2.2B	2.3B
Cash	728M	1.3B	1.9B	2.2B	3.3B	3.5B
Cash And Short Term Investments	728M	1.3B	1.9B	2.2B	3.3B	3.5B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	128.8M	128.1M	128.7M	128.8M	128.6M	136.0M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	13.3B	13.8B	18.5B	20.6B	21.0B	22.1B
Total Current Assets	2.7B	3.5B	5.3B	6.0B	6.6B	6.9B
Short Long Term Debt Total	3.6B	3.6B	5.2B	5.0B	5.5B	5.8B
Other Current Liab	768M	821M	1.1B	(426M)	1.6B	1.7B
Total Current Liabilities	1.2B	1.4B	2.3B	2.3B	2.8B	2.9B
Other Liab	1.8B	2.3B	2.7B	2.4B	2.8B	2.9B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	6.9B	6.9B	7.6B	8.5B	9.2B	9.7B
Retained Earnings	5.8B	5.9B	7.8B	9.9B	10.1B	10.7B
Accounts Payable	473M	529M	879M	870M	877M	920.9M
Non Current Assets Total	10.5B	10.4B	13.2B	14.6B	14.4B	15.1B
Non Currrent Assets Other	3.6B	3.4B	5.6B	(551M)	651M	933.8M
Other Assets	268M	2.2B	5.6B	569M	654.4M	581.3M
Long Term Debt	3.4B	3.6B	4.9B	4.9B	4.6B	4.8B
Net Receivables	1.0B	1.2B	1.9B	1.8B	1.6B	1.7B
Non Current Liabilities Total	5.6B	5.9B	7.6B	7.8B	7.5B	7.9B
Inventory	936M	918M	1.4B	1.9B	1.6B	1.7B
Other Current Assets	42M	32M	160M	78M	82M	51.5M
Other Stockholder Equity	176M	168M	182M	134M	195M	257.8M
Total Liab	6.9B	7.3B	9.9B	10.1B	10.3B	10.8B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	7.4B	6.9B	12.3B	13.8B	14.5B	15.2B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(74M)	(64M)	(36M)	(89M)	(98M)	(93.1M)
Short Term Debt	0.0	119M	7M	269M	299M	215.6M
Property Plant Equipment	6.9B	6.9B	7.6B	8.5B	9.8B	10.3B
Intangible Assets	710M	612M	1.6B	1.6B	1.4B	1.5B
Good Will	1.1B	1.1B	2.0B	2.2B	2.0B	2.1B
Net Tangible Assets	4.1B	4.8B	4.4B	6.2B	7.1B	3.8B
Noncontrolling Interest In Consolidated Entity	543M	535M	573M	534M	614.1M	377.7M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	5.8B	5.9B	7.8B	9.9B	11.4B	11.9B
Long Term Debt Total	3.4B	3.6B	4.9B	4.9B	5.6B	5.9B
Capital Surpluse	553M	569M	581M	601M	691.2M	597.2M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

(0.62)

Dividend Share

2.05

Earnings Share

0.72

Revenue Per Share

94.405

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.001

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Westlake Net Income vs Change To Inventory Analysis

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Retained Earnings	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Total Liab	+ 1.0	Short Long Term Debt Total
Non Current Liabilities Total	+ 1.0	Long Term Debt
Total Liab	+ 1.0	Non Current Liabilities Total
Non Current Assets Total	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 0.99	Total Assets

Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.77	Other Liab
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.75	Net Debt
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Non Current Liabilities Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Long Term Debt
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Non Current Assets Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.73	Property Plant And Equipment Net