WESTLAKE CORPORATION WLK
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 960413102 · ISIN US9604131022
American petrochemical company
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryIndustrial Organic Chemicals
- HeadquartersHouston, TX
- Founded1986
- Websitewestlake.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($9.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 128.2m as of 2025-04-25, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $99.99. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($3.0m notional), 8 hold puts ($68.4m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 321 |
| Q4 2022 | 343 |
| Q1 2023 | 342 |
| Q2 2023 | 340 |
| Q3 2023 | 335 |
| Q4 2023 | 357 |
| Q1 2024 | 347 |
| Q2 2024 | 382 |
| Q3 2024 | 403 |
| Q4 2024 | 378 |
| Q1 2025 | 362 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 143 | 176 |
| Q3 2023 | 124 | 182 |
| Q4 2023 | 145 | 165 |
| Q1 2024 | 159 | 170 |
| Q2 2024 | 187 | 164 |
| Q3 2024 | 210 | 170 |
| Q4 2024 | 174 | 195 |
| Q1 2025 | 183 | 175 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $49.8m | $23.7m | 0.48 |
| Q3 2024 | $25.3m | $97.7m | 3.86 |
| Q4 2024 | $14.2m | $67.6m | 4.76 |
| Q1 2025 | $3.0m | $68.4m | 23.18 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +708.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +586.2k |
| Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP | Added | +547.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +435.9k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP | New | +421.0k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +175.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +172.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +171.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +161.8k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +127.9k |
Biggest sellers
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -661.0k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -471.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -327.7k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | Sold out | -299.8k |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP | Sold out | -273.6k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -227.6k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -222.3k |
| READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -115.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -114.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -70.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.7m16.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.1m11.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $150.0k1.5k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $52.3m522.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.1m61.4k shares |
| Walnut Level Capital LLC | New | $5.0m50.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.6m45.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $356.8k3.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $50.0k500 shares |
| Mercuria Capital Strategies, LLC | New | $5.4k2.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $131.0k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $550.1k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.9m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $453.4k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2025.
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.40% of their portfolio | 3.9m $390.1m | Added +586.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $366.2m | Added +2.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $355.1m | Reduced -327.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $163.1m | Added +435.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $154.9m | Added +110.3k |
| Capital World Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $129.1m | Added +2.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $104.2m | Added +102.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 939.7k $94.0m | Added +5.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 901.2k $90.1m | Added +708.1k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 853.8k $85.4m | Reduced -28.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 852.9k $85.3m | Added +172.5k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.31% of their portfolio | 775.8k $77.6m | Reduced -23.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 729.5k $73.0m | First filing |
| Ilex Capital Partners (UK) LLP 2.86% of their portfolio | 699.0k $69.9m | Added +547.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 609.1k $60.9m | Added +51.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 576.8k $57.6m | Added +18.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 551.8k $55.2m | Added +175.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.13% of their portfolio | 521.9k $52.2m | Reduced -471.3k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 421.0k $42.1m | New |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.55% of their portfolio | 417.8k $41.8m | Added +73.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 394.5k $39.1m | Added +22.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 371.2k $37.1m | Added +24.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 368.9k $36.9m | Reduced -37.8k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 347.0k $34.7m | Added +127.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 314.6k $31.5m | Added +9.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 280.1k $28.0m | Reduced -70.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 266.1k $26.6m | Added +161.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 262.6k $26.3m | Reduced -39.0k |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 260.3k $26.0m | Added +11.3k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.5k $24.7m | Reduced -114.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 244.5k $24.5m | Added +8.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 232.1k $23.2m | Added +53.8k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.48% of their portfolio | 230.5k $23.1m | Added +12.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 228.4k $22.8m | Reduced -24.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 221.4k $22.2m | Added +171.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 219.7k $22.0m | Reduced -6.3k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 210.2k $21.0m | Added +60.6k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 192.9k $19.3m | Added +87.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 166.6k $16.7m | Reduced -661.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 166.1k $16.6m | Added +63.1k |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 3.30% of their portfolio | 164.7k $16.5m | Added +397 |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 153.7k $15.4m | Reduced -222.3k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.20% of their portfolio | 153.2k $15.3m | Added +12.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.0k $14.5m | Reduced -12.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 140.9k $14.1m | Added +102.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.4k $13.4m | Reduced -13.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.0k $12.9m | Added +17.8k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 127.5k $12.8m | Added +38.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.9k $11.9m | Added +11.5k |
| Drummond Knight Asset Management Pty Ltd 5.89% of their portfolio | 117.2k $11.7m | Added +32.2k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 116.6k $11.7m | Reduced -13.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 115.8k $11.6m | Reduced -2.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.9k $11.3m | Reduced -4.0k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 111.5k $11.2m | Added +12.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.0k $10.9m | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.8k $10.7m | Reduced -25.9k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.03% of their portfolio | 106.7k $10.7m | Reduced -5.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 100.4k $10.0m | Added +2.4k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 99.1k $9.9m | Added +49.8k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.18% of their portfolio | 94.6k $9.5m | Added +15.5k |
| Walnut Level Capital LLC 7.39% of their portfolio | 92.5k $9.3m | Added +20.2k |
| SPROTT INC. 0.53% of their portfolio | 90.0k $9.0m | Added +25.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 85.9k $8.6m | Added +78.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.1k $7.9m | Reduced -374 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.0k $7.7m | Added +315 |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.9k $7.5m | Reduced -7.7k |
| HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 71.5k $7.1m | Added +10.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.5k $6.8m | Added +4.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 68.3k $6.8m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.2k $6.1m | Added +8.5k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 61.1k $6.1m | Added +1.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.8k $5.9m | Reduced -704 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.6k $5.8m | Reduced -42.6k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 51.5k $5.2m | Reduced -9.6k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.8k $4.8m | Reduced -227.6k |
| Thomist Capital Management, LP 1.92% of their portfolio | 46.1k $4.6m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.2k $4.5m | Added +84 |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 40.7k $4.1m | Added +40 |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.4k $3.9m | Reduced -22.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.7k $3.9m | Added +18.3k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.0k $3.7m | Reduced -902 |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 36.8k $3.7m | Added +18.9k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.4k $3.4m | Added +27.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.2k $3.3m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 31.7k $3.2m | Not comparable |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.9k $3.1m | Added +10.6k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.6k $3.1m | Added +1.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.4k $3.0m | Added +4.5k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.7k $3.0m | Added +296 |
| ING GROEP NV 0.02% of their portfolio | 29.6k $3.0m | Added +7.3k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.7k $2.9m | Reduced -2.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.3k $2.8m | Reduced -4.9k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.0k $2.8m | Unchanged |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.0k $2.8m | Added +4.9k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 27.9k $2.8m | Added +105 |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 27.3k $2.7m | New |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.0k $2.7m | Reduced -2 |
| KBC Group NV 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.7k $2.7m | Reduced -560 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.5k $2.7m | Added +8.3k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.4k $2.6m | First filing |