Dividends

WLKWestlake Corporation

StockNYSEUnited StatesMaterialsEU retail investors: available

+1.0% today · +1.4% over a year

1/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 8% of the instruments we score

Quality, Trend: among the weakest; priced higher than most peers. Dividend yield 3.31%.

Westlake Corporation (WLK) dividends: trailing yield 3.31%, Dividend Safety 30/100, not lowered for 21 years, 5-year growth 13.9% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
3.31%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
3.32%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.12
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
30 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
3.31% → 2.73%
Forward
3.32% → 2.74%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.73%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+13.9%
Years without a lower dividend
21
Years without a cut of over 10 %
21
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
2,275%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary →Dividend Safety below 40 points.

Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary →Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.

Sources disagreeDividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.191, 2017 $0.802, 2018 $0.92, 2019 $1.03, 2020 $1.07, 2021 $1.14, 2022 $1.31, 2023 $1.71, 2024 $2.05, 2025 $2.112016: $0.1912017: $0.8022018: $0.922019: $1.032020: $1.072021: $1.142022: $1.312023: $1.712024: $2.052025: $2.11

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
25 Aug 202611 Sep 2026$0.533RegularVerified2
27 May 202615 Jun 2026$0.53RegularVerified2
03 Mar 202619 Mar 2026$0.53RegularVerified2
25 Nov 202512 Dec 2025$0.53RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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