Westlake (WLK) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $2.01
- Estimate
- $1.89
- Surprise
- +6.6%
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Westlake (WLK) beat the $1.89 estimate with diluted EPS of $2.01 — a clear 6.6% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WLK Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +6.6% surprise compares with a -90.7% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-29.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)
- Reward/Risk 0.5:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $78.93
- Price target
- $84.36
- Stop
- $73.40
- Upside to target
- +6.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.5:1
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WLK at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $10.09B
- P/E (fwd)
- 23.5
- 52-week range
- $56.33–$124.23
- Off 52-week high
- 36.5%
- RSI (14)
- 68
- Volume vs avg
- 0.63×
- Score today
- 5.4/10