secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTLAKE CORP (WLK)
CIK:        0001262823
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001262823-25-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westlake Q4 net income $7M ($0.06 EPS); EBITDA up 7% YoY on volume growth
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- Q4 net sales $2.8B (+1% YoY); full-year net sales $12.1B (-3% YoY).
- Q4 EBITDA $416M excl. items; full-year EBITDA $2.3B excl. items.
- HIP segment record annual operating income $807M, EBITDA $1.05B (+11% YoY).
- Achieved $170M cost savings in 2024, exceeding target; cash $2.9B, debt $4.6B.
- Net income includes $45M non-cash Louisiana tax law charge ($0.35/share).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000126282325000005/0001262823-25-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1262823/000126282325000005/wlk-20250224.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001262823-25-000005

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