earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Westlake Q2 net income falls to $297M from $858M YoY; EBITDA down 53%
WESTLAKE CORP
2023-Q2 EPS reported
$5.35
revenue$6,607,000,000
- Net sales $3.25B (down 27% YoY); diluted EPS $2.31 vs $6.60 YoY.
- PEM segment EBITDA $435M (down 63% YoY); unplanned outages impacted by ~$50M.
- HIP segment EBITDA $244M (down 21% YoY) but up 19% QoQ on seasonal volume.
- Cash from ops $555M, free cash flow $315M; raising 2023 cost savings target to $75-$105M.
- Balance sheet: $2.68B cash, $4.89B debt at 3.2% avg rate, >16 yr maturity.