Mizuho Securities Sticks to Its Hold Rating for Westlake Corporation (WLK)
In a report released on June 5, John Roberts CFA from Mizuho Securities maintained a Hold rating on Westlake Corporation. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $84.64.
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Roberts CFA covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Sherwin-Williams Company, LyondellBasell, and Element Solutions. According to TipRanks, Roberts CFA has an average return of 9.7% and a 57.42% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Mizuho Securities, Westlake Corporation also received a Hold from Wells Fargo’s Michael Sison in a report issued on June 3. However, on June 5, UBS assigned a Buy rating to Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK).
Based on Westlake Corporation’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending April 2, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $2.65 billion and a GAAP net loss of $169 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $2.85 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $40 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 43 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of WLK in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in March 2026, Mark Steven Bender, the EVP & CFO of WLK sold 16,413.00 shares for a total of $1,846,954.89.
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