Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, and Howard Marks. The top investor data is provided from their latest 13F’s. This week we’ll take a look at:
Westlake Corp (WLK)
Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. Its Performance & Essential Materials segment offers a wide range of essential building blocks for making products utilized in everyday living, including olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, and epoxies. Its Housing & Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe & fittings, and global compounds businesses.
A quick look at the price chart below shows us that the stock is up 25.87% in the past twelve months. We currently have the stock trading on an Acquirer’s Multiple of 7.30, which means that it remains undervalued.
Superinvestors who currently hold positions in the company include:
(Shares)
Cliff Asness – 514,583
Ken Griffin – 194,891
Jim Simons – 181,000
Israel Englander – 140,793
Robert Robotti – 131,949
Charles Brandes – 98,786
Michael Price – 77,000
Louis Bacon – 69,484
Paul Tudor Jones – 62,537
Jeremy Grantham – 32,445
Joel Greenblatt – 24,303
Steve Cohen – 23,595
Wally Weitz – 19,000
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