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ASIX vs WLK

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

Summary

  • Both ASIX and WLK operate in Major Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • WLK is the larger of the two at $11.07B, about 18.5x ASIX ($597.4M).
  • WLK has hit the wire 6 times in the past 4 weeks while ASIX has been quiet.
  • WLK has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for ASIX).
MetricASIXWLK
Company
AdvanSix Inc.
Westlake Corporation
Price
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-
Market cap
$597.4M
$11.07B
1M return
-
-
1Y return
-
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Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2016
2004
News (4w)
0
6
Recent ratings
4
25
ASIX

AdvanSix Inc.

AdvanSix Inc. manufactures and sells polymer resins in the United States and internationally. It offers Nylon 6, a polymer resin, which is a synthetic material used to produce fibers, filaments, engineered plastics and films. The company also provides caprolactam to manufacture polymer resins; ammonium sulfate fertilizers to distributors, farm cooperatives, and retailers; and acetone that are used in the production of adhesives, paints, coatings, solvents, herbicides, and other engineered plastic resins, as well as other intermediate chemicals, including phenol, alpha-methylstyrene, cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketoxime, acetaldehyde oxime, 2-pentanone oxime, cyclohexanol, sulfuric acid, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. It offers its products under the Aegis, Capra, Sulf-N, Nadone, Naxol, and EZ-Blox brands. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors. AdvanSix Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.

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.

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