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LXU vs WLK

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

Summary

  • LXU operates in Basic Materials, while WLK operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • WLK is the larger of the two at $14.77B, about 13.8x LXU ($1.07B).
  • Over the past year, LXU is up 140.2% and WLK is up 25.1% - LXU leads by 115.1 points.
  • LXU has been more active in the news (13 items in the past 4 weeks vs 10 for WLK).
  • WLK has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 15 for LXU).
PerformanceLXU+140.19%WLK+25.08%
2025-05-01+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricLXUWLK
Company
LSB Industries Inc.
Westlake Corporation
Price
$14.88-2.04%
$115.29+3.45%
Market cap
$1.07B
$14.77B
1M return
-0.13%
-1.26%
1Y return
+140.19%
+25.08%
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2003
2004
News (4w)
13
10
Recent ratings
15
25
LXU

LSB Industries Inc.

LSB Industries, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells chemical products in the United States. It provides nitrogen-based fertilizers, such as ammonia, fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (HDAN), and urea ammonia nitrate for fertilizer and fertilizer blends for corn and other crops, and NPK fertilizer blends applications. The company also offers high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acids, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluids, as well as concentrated, blended, and regular nitric acids for various applications, including semi-conductor and polyurethane intermediates; pulp and paper, alum, water treatment, metals, and vanadium processing; power plant emissions abatement, water treatment, refrigerants, and metals processing; and exhaust stream additive, and horticulture/greenhouse applications; and refrigeration. In addition, it provides industrial grade ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate solutions, and HDAN solutions for the specialty emulsions for mining, surface mining, quarries, and construction applications. The company sells its products through distributors, as well as directly to end customers. It serves to the agricultural, industrial, and mining markets. LSB Industries, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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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