Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-28
20-quarter listed-company comparison

Chemicals Stocks

Chemicals: Celanese Corporation owns the largest revenue base; ASP Isotopes Inc. has the fastest current growth.

The industry itself · before any single company

How has Chemicals moved against S&P 500?

The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 61% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 52% on average over the last four reported quarters.

FADING · −1 in 4w~Price down, no fundamental support0 of 15 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months

RS — · 7/15 >200d (+2) · 0/15 lead (−1) · EPS 6/15↑

100200202620252024202320222021 147348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100102Mar 22Sep 22Mar 23Sep 23Mar 24Sep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 10 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 102, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 96, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 70, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 57, against 100 at the start · down 47.5% on a year ago · 11 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 36, against 100 at the start · down 62.2% on a year ago · 11 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 40, against 100 at the start · down 50.9% on a year ago · 10 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 35, against 100 at the start · down 63.9% on a year ago · 10 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 25, against 100 at the start · down 60.5% on a year ago · 10 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 22, against 100 at the start · down 29.7% on a year ago · 10 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 24, against 100 at the start · down 26.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 17, against 100 at the start · down 10.7% on a year ago · 11 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 6, against 100 at the start · down 5.5% on a year ago · 11 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 14.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 5, against 100 at the start · down 43.9% on a year ago · 11 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 51.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 11 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two0 · Mar 26No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
100200202620252024202320222021 147348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100102Mar 22Mar 23Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 10 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 102, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 96, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 70, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 11 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 57, against 100 at the start · down 47.5% on a year ago · 11 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 36, against 100 at the start · down 62.2% on a year ago · 11 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 40, against 100 at the start · down 50.9% on a year ago · 10 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 35, against 100 at the start · down 63.9% on a year ago · 10 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 25, against 100 at the start · down 60.5% on a year ago · 10 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 22, against 100 at the start · down 29.7% on a year ago · 10 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 24, against 100 at the start · down 26.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 17, against 100 at the start · down 10.7% on a year ago · 11 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 6, against 100 at the start · down 5.5% on a year ago · 11 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 14.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 5, against 100 at the start · down 43.9% on a year ago · 11 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 51.1% on a year ago · 11 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 0, against 100 at the start · down 100.0% on a year ago · 11 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two0No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
Chemicals, equal-weighted, based at 200 S&P 500, same base, same start trailing 12-month earnings per share rising falling

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 15 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.

Sector relative strength · before individual stocks

Is Chemicals outperforming S&P 500?

Chemicals has outperformed S&P 500 by 14% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 20.7%. 5 of 15 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Green Plains Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +23.4%.

-20.7%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+14.0%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
5/15Stocks leading S&P 500
7/15Stocks leading sector

Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.

The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.

Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.

Bottom line

Chemicals has outperformed S&P 500 by 14% over 52 weeks and 20.7% over 13 weeks. 5 of 15 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 7 of 15 beat the sector itself. Celanese Corporation leads with revenue of $9,492 million, based on 13 of 15 comparable companies through Mar 2026.

Is the Chemicals sector outperforming S&P 500?

Chemicals has outperformed S&P 500 by 14% over 52 weeks and 20.7% over 13 weeks. 5 of 15 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 7 of 15 beat the sector itself.

Which Chemicals company is largest by revenue?

Celanese Corporation leads with revenue of $9,492 million, based on 13 of 15 comparable companies through Mar 2026.

Which Chemicals company is growing fastest?

ASP Isotopes Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 13 of 15 comparable companies.

Which Chemicals company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?

REX American Resources Corporation ranks first at 75/100 with 80.2% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.

Which Chemicals company reports the most CAPEX?

Dow Inc. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $659 million, with 15 of 15 companies comparable.

Which Chemicals company has the least gross debt?

Ascent Industries Co. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $13 million. Dow Inc. has the highest at $19,428 million.

Which Chemicals company has the lowest comparable PEG?

REX American Resources Corporation has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.26, among 3 of 15 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.

How much history does this Chemicals comparison include?

The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.

How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?

The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.

Companies
15
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$41.6B
Dow Inc.
Revenue growing
5/13
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
5/15
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit

4-Factor Sector Score

An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.

Growth & earnings · 35%Capital efficiency · 25%Valuation · 20%Relative strength · 20%
REX American Resources Corporation has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 80.2% evidence confidence.
Methanex Corporation looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Methanex Corporation has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.

1. REX American Resources Corporation · REX

75.0/100 · Favorable setup · 80% evidence

Exact sum: 26.2 + 17.8 + 15.7 + 15.3 = 75

Decision use: Confirmed research leader: earnings, capital efficiency and relative strength agree. Move to management, catalyst and risk diligence.

26.2/35Growth & earnings

Revenue 1.6% · PAT 51.4% · OPM change 7.1 pp

95% evidence

17.8/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 2.8% · debt/equity 0.03×

80% evidence

15.7/20Valuation

P/E 17.3× · PEG 0.26

65% evidence

15.3/20Relative strength

RS sector 8.2% · RS bench 5.5% · 1Y 66.5%

70% evidence

2. Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

64.7/100 · Mixed-positive evidence · 76% evidence

Exact sum: 25.8 + 18.1 + 12.8 + 8 = 64.7

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

25.8/35Growth & earnings

Revenue 13.4% · PAT 5.3% · OPM change 8.7 pp

83% evidence

18.1/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 7.2% · debt/equity 0.51×

80% evidence

12.8/20Valuation

P/E 13.5× · PEG 1.34

65% evidence

8.0/20Relative strength

RS sector -2.3% · RS bench -3.7% · 1Y 1%

70% evidence

3. Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

60.1/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 56% evidence

Exact sum: 19.7 + 13.4 + 10 + 17 = 60.1

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

19.7/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -21.4% · PAT — · OPM change 20.4 pp

62% evidence

13.4/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 3.4% · debt/equity 0.71×

80% evidence

10.0/20Valuation

P/E — · PEG —

0% evidence

17.0/20Relative strength

RS sector 23.4% · RS bench 19.2% · 1Y 108.6%

70% evidence

4. LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

58.6/100 · Mixed-positive evidence · 65% evidence

Exact sum: 24 + 13.5 + 10.5 + 10.6 = 58.6

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

24.0/35Growth & earnings

Revenue 21.4% · PAT — · OPM change 10.6 pp

62% evidence

13.5/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 2.2% · debt/equity 0.89×

80% evidence

10.5/20Valuation

P/E 23.7× · PEG —

15% evidence

10.6/20Relative strength

RS sector 3.5% · RS bench 0% · 1Y 51.4%

100% evidence

5. Methanex Corporation · MEOH

53.1/100 · Mixed-positive evidence · 82% evidence

Exact sum: 9.8 + 11.8 + 14.7 + 16.8 = 53.1

Decision use: Price leads the evidence: RS versus the benchmark is 5.8%, but earnings trajectory is weak. Wait for revenue and profit confirmation.

9.8/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -0.9% · PAT -94.9% · OPM change -15.7 pp

83% evidence

11.8/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 1.3% · debt/equity 1.28×

80% evidence

14.7/20Valuation

P/E 42.6× · PEG 0.36

65% evidence

16.8/20Relative strength

RS sector 9.2% · RS bench 5.8% · 1Y 60.5%

100% evidence

6. Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

45.4/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 59% evidence

Exact sum: 16.9 + 6 + 11.5 + 11 = 45.4

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

16.9/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -3.9% · PAT — · OPM change 2.9 pp

62% evidence

6.0/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -0.8% · debt/equity 2.66×

80% evidence

11.5/20Valuation

P/E 4.5× · PEG —

15% evidence

11.0/20Relative strength

RS sector 1.5% · RS bench -3.4% · 1Y 80.9%

70% evidence

7. Dow Inc. · DOW

44.2/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 59% evidence

Exact sum: 19.9 + 10.8 + 8.7 + 4.8 = 44.2

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

19.9/35Growth & earnings

Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 1.4 pp

45% evidence

10.8/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 1.8% · debt/equity 1.12×

80% evidence

8.7/20Valuation

P/E 87.3× · PEG —

15% evidence

4.8/20Relative strength

RS sector -4.1% · RS bench -7.3% · 1Y 32.4%

100% evidence

8. Valhi, Inc. · VHI

38.8/100 · Mixed-negative evidence · 66% evidence

Exact sum: 11 + 12.7 + 10.2 + 4.9 = 38.8

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

11.0/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -0.7% · PAT -140.3% · OPM change -3.6 pp

83% evidence

12.7/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 1.1% · debt/equity 0.46×

80% evidence

10.2/20Valuation

P/E 24.7× · PEG —

15% evidence

4.9/20Relative strength

RS sector -10.2% · RS bench -11.1% · 1Y -11.7%

70% evidence

9. Huntsman Corporation · HUN

38.6/100 · Mixed-negative evidence · 65% evidence

Exact sum: 11.5 + 9.6 + 9.5 + 8 = 38.6

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

11.5/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -4.7% · PAT — · OPM change -4.1 pp

62% evidence

9.6/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -0.3% · debt/equity 0.86×

80% evidence

9.5/20Valuation

P/E 44.1× · PEG —

15% evidence

8.0/20Relative strength

RS sector -4.2% · RS bench -6.7% · 1Y 24.1%

100% evidence

10. Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

37.5/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 59% evidence

Exact sum: 7.5 + 3.2 + 11.3 + 15.5 = 37.5

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

7.5/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -10.4% · PAT — · OPM change -16.2 pp

62% evidence

3.2/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -4.4% · debt/equity 3.17×

80% evidence

11.3/20Valuation

P/E 5.4× · PEG —

15% evidence

15.5/20Relative strength

RS sector 8.5% · RS bench 5% · 1Y 141.3%

70% evidence

11. AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

37.0/100 · Mixed-negative evidence · 66% evidence

Exact sum: 9.6 + 9.5 + 9 + 8.9 = 37

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

9.6/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -0.6% · PAT -89.3% · OPM change -12.6 pp

83% evidence

9.5/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -1.4% · debt/equity 0.54×

80% evidence

9.0/20Valuation

P/E 65.9× · PEG —

15% evidence

8.9/20Relative strength

RS sector -1.6% · RS bench -3.6% · 1Y 6.5%

70% evidence

12. Celanese Corporation · CE

36.9/100 · Mixed-negative evidence · 65% evidence

Exact sum: 16.8 + 9.5 + 10 + 0.6 = 36.9

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

16.8/35Growth & earnings

Revenue -5.5% · PAT — · OPM change 2.3 pp

62% evidence

9.5/25Capital efficiency

ROCE 1.1% · debt/equity 3.16×

80% evidence

10.0/20Valuation

P/E 27.4× · PEG —

15% evidence

0.6/20Relative strength

RS sector -15.2% · RS bench -17.4% · 1Y -10.4%

100% evidence

13. Olin Corporation · OLN

30.5/100 · Adverse evidence · 72% evidence

Exact sum: 9.9 + 7.5 + 9.3 + 3.8 = 30.5

Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

9.9/35Growth & earnings

Revenue 2.6% · PAT -419% · OPM change -7.6 pp

83% evidence

7.5/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -1.3% · debt/equity 1.91×

80% evidence

9.3/20Valuation

P/E 54.3× · PEG —

15% evidence

3.8/20Relative strength

RS sector -14.1% · RS bench -15.8% · 1Y 17.2%

100% evidence

14. Ascent Industries Co. · ACNT

44.7/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 48% evidence

Exact sum: 15.6 + 9.1 + 8.5 + 11.5 = 44.7

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

15.6/35Growth & earnings

Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -0.8 pp

32% evidence

9.1/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -2.3% · debt/equity 0.16×

80% evidence

8.5/20Valuation

P/E 121× · PEG —

15% evidence

11.5/20Relative strength

RS sector 1.2% · RS bench 0.2% · 1Y 20.4%

70% evidence

15. ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

44.2/100 · Thin evidence · provisional · 50% evidence

Exact sum: 25.8 + 5.4 + 10 + 3 = 44.2

Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

25.8/35Growth & earnings

Revenue 100% · PAT — · OPM change 63.1 pp

62% evidence

5.4/25Capital efficiency

ROCE -10.3% · debt/equity —

57% evidence

10.0/20Valuation

P/E — · PEG —

0% evidence

3.0/20Relative strength

RS sector -49.1% · RS bench -48.5% · 1Y -57.8%

70% evidence

01 · compare level, then change

Revenue Scale & Growth Durability

Celanese Corporation has the highest Revenue among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at $9,492 million. Olin Corporation is next at $6,719 million. ASP Isotopes Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Celanese Corporation is the scale leader at $9,492 million, 41.3% ahead of Olin Corporation. ASP Isotopes Inc.'s growth is stored at the ≥100% scoring cap; the uncapped TTM change is 642.9% from a $52 million base, with 10 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.

LeaderCelanese Corporation · $9,492 million
Gap41.3% versus #2 · Olin Corporation
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/15 companies · 274 observations

Investor read: Celanese Corporation is the scale benchmark; ASP Isotopes Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.

This conclusion weakens if: Celanese Corporation's growth falls below ASP Isotopes Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Celanese Corporation CE$9.5B
2Olin Corporation OLN$6.7B
3Huntsman Corporation HUN$5.7B
4Methanex Corporation MEOH$3.7B
5Tronox Holdings plc TROX$2.9B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI100%
2LSB Industries, Inc. LXU21%
3Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP13%
4Olin Corporation OLN2.6%
5REX American Resources Corporation REX1.6%
Revenue · company comparison
13/15 level · 13/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyRevenueRevenue growthReported
Dow Inc. DOW$9.8B-6.1%Jun 2026
Celanese Corporation CE$2.3B-2.2%Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN$1.6B-3.7%Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN$1.4B0.7%Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH$974M8.7%Mar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX$760M3.0%Mar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI$560M3.9%Mar 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE$446M-26%Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$404M6.9%Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$319M-9.6%Mar 2026
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$306M29%Mar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$169M18%Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX$156M-1.3%Jun 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$19M5.6%Mar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI$8M300%Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Revenue · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

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Celanese Corporation · CE

$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.5B
$2.5B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.9B
$2.8B
$2.7B
$2.6B
$2.6B
$2.7B
$2.6B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.4B
$2.2B
$2.3B
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Dow Inc. · DOW

$14.8B
$14.4B
$15.3B
$15.7B
$14.1B
$11.9B
$11.9B
$11.4B
$10.7B
$10.6B
$10.8B
$10.9B
$10.9B
$10.4B
$10.4B
$10.1B
$10.0B
$9.5B
$9.8B
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Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$747M
$802M
$781M
$1.0B
$955M
$914M
$833M
$858M
$893M
$712M
$597M
$619M
$659M
$584M
$602M
$553M
$508M
$429M
$446M
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Huntsman Corporation · HUN

$2.1B
$2.1B
$2.2B
$2.2B
$2.0B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.5B
$1.4B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.4B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.4B
$1.4B
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LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

$127M
$190M
$199M
$285M
$184M
$234M
$181M
$166M
$114M
$133M
$138M
$140M
$109M
$135M
$143M
$151M
$155M
$165M
$169M
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Methanex Corporation · MEOH

$1.1B
$1.3B
$1.2B
$1.1B
$1.0B
$986M
$1.0B
$939M
$823M
$922M
$916M
$920M
$935M
$949M
$896M
$797M
$927M
$969M
$974M
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Olin Corporation · OLN

$2.3B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.6B
$2.3B
$2.0B
$1.8B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.8B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.6B
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

$374M
$374M
$352M
$399M
$466M
$500M
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$467M
$385M
$422M
$388M
$419M
$401M
$423M
$353M
$340M
$353M
$418M
$319M
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REX American Resources Corporation · REX

$196M
$203M
$212M
$194M
$240M
$220M
$200M
$213M
$212M
$221M
$188M
$161M
$148M
$175M
$158M
$158M
$159M
$176M
$158M
$156M

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

$870M
$884M
$965M
$945M
$895M
$649M
$708M
$794M
$662M
$686M
$774M
$820M
$804M
$676M
$738M
$731M
$699M
$730M
$760M
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

$294M
$330M
$362M
$449M
$415M
$367M
$308M
$264M
$322M
$297M
$285M
$284M
$277M
$290M
$238M
$297M
$309M
$323M
$306M
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Revenue growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

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100%
0.0%
400%
1,550%
300%
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Celanese Corporation · CE

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—
—
13%
1.5%
3.2%
12%
12%
18%
8.8%
-8.5%
-5.2%
-2.8%
-7.7%
-8.5%
-4.5%
-8.7%
-6.5%
-2.2%
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Dow Inc. · DOW

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—
—
13%
-4.9%
-17%
-22%
-27%
-24%
-10%
-9.2%
-4.4%
1.4%
-2.0%
-3.1%
-7.4%
-8.3%
-9.1%
-6.1%
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Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

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—
—
40%
28%
14%
6.7%
-15%
-6.5%
-22%
-28%
-28%
-26%
-18%
0.8%
-11%
-23%
-27%
-26%
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Huntsman Corporation · HUN

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—
—
7.2%
-4.1%
-22%
-27%
-26%
-25%
-15%
-8.5%
-1.4%
2.3%
3.5%
-4.1%
-7.4%
-5.2%
-6.7%
0.7%
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LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

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—
—
102%
45%
23%
-9.1%
-42%
-38%
-43%
-24%
-16%
-4.4%
1.5%
3.6%
7.9%
42%
22%
18%
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Methanex Corporation · MEOH

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—
—
6.5%
-6.1%
-21%
-12%
-17%
-19%
-6.5%
-12%
-2.0%
14%
2.9%
-2.2%
-13%
-0.9%
2.1%
8.7%
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

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—
—
18%
-0.8%
-19%
-25%
-35%
-28%
-18%
-11%
-3.5%
-4.9%
3.5%
0.6%
6.9%
7.7%
-0.4%
-3.7%
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

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—
—
17%
25%
34%
—
17%
-17%
-16%
—
-10%
4.2%
0.2%
-9.0%
-19%
-12%
-1.2%
-9.6%
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

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—
—
—
22%
8.4%
-5.7%
9.8%
-12%
0.5%
-6.0%
-24%
-30%
-21%
-16%
-1.9%
7.4%
0.6%
0.0%
-1.3%

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

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—
—
1.9%
2.9%
-27%
-27%
-16%
-26%
5.7%
9.3%
3.3%
21%
-1.5%
-4.7%
-11%
-13%
8.0%
3.0%
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

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—
—
39%
41%
11%
-15%
-41%
-22%
-19%
-7.5%
7.6%
-14%
-2.4%
-16%
4.6%
12%
11%
29%
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02 · compare level, then change

Operating Economics & Margin Trend

Westlake Chemical Partners LP has the highest OPM among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at 28.3%. LSB Industries, Inc. is next at 13.7%. ASP Isotopes Inc. has the highest Margin change at +63.1 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 15 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Westlake Chemical Partners LP leads opm at 28.3%; ASP Isotopes Inc. leads margin change at +63.1 percentage points.

LeaderWestlake Chemical Partners LP · 28.3%
Gap106.6% versus #2 · LSB Industries, Inc.
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage15/15 companies · 274 observations

Investor read: Westlake Chemical Partners LP sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP28%
2LSB Industries, Inc. LXU14%
3REX American Resources Corporation REX12%
4Green Plains Inc. GPRE10%
5Celanese Corporation CE9.2%
Margin changefastest expanders
1ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI+63.1 pp
2Green Plains Inc. GPRE+20.4 pp
3LSB Industries, Inc. LXU+10.6 pp
4Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP+8.7 pp
5REX American Resources Corporation REX+7.1 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
15/15 level · 15/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyOPMMargin changeReported
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP28%+8.7 ppMar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU14%+10.6 ppMar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX12%+7.1 ppJun 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE10%+20.4 ppMar 2026
Celanese Corporation CE9.2%+2.3 ppMar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH8.6%−15.7 ppMar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI4.4%−3.6 ppMar 2026
Dow Inc. DOW-0.3%+1.4 ppJun 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN-1.1%−4.1 ppMar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX-4.6%−12.6 ppMar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN-4.9%−7.6 ppMar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX-5.4%+2.9 ppMar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT-12%−0.8 ppMar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM-21%−16.2 ppMar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI-298%+63.1 ppMar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

OPM · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

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—
—
—
—
—
-929%
-692%
-730%
-250%
-350%
-361%
-999%
-153%
-75%
-298%
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Celanese Corporation · CE

24%
23%
21%
19%
13%
2.4%
8.8%
12%
31%
9.3%
8.0%
9.1%
9.3%
-60%
6.9%
9.2%
-53%
4.2%
9.2%
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Dow Inc. · DOW

17%
13%
12%
13%
7.8%
4.9%
-0.4%
7.4%
4.5%
2.7%
4.7%
6.1%
3.4%
2.6%
-1.7%
-6.0%
1.3%
-11%
-0.3%
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Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

-6.0%
1.0%
-6.1%
3.3%
-6.5%
-4.5%
-6.8%
-5.0%
2.4%
2.3%
-7.5%
-2.9%
8.5%
-7.0%
-10%
-5.1%
6.7%
-2.4%
10%
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Huntsman Corporation · HUN

11%
9.5%
13%
13%
6.9%
-1.6%
3.8%
3.1%
1.8%
-3.8%
-2.6%
2.2%
2.7%
-4.3%
3.0%
-8.2%
0.4%
-4.4%
-1.1%
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LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

4.2%
37%
40%
47%
7.1%
36%
17%
17%
-8.3%
2.4%
8.1%
10%
-22%
-2.8%
3.1%
6.9%
10%
18%
14%
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Methanex Corporation · MEOH

12%
20%
16%
17%
17%
6.1%
9.6%
13%
-0.6%
5.4%
9.2%
8.2%
5.0%
16%
24%
17%
8.6%
0.0%
8.6%
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Olin Corporation · OLN

24%
22%
22%
22%
17%
14%
13%
13%
9.9%
6.1%
5.9%
8.3%
1.0%
2.8%
2.7%
2.0%
4.8%
-9.4%
-4.9%
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

0.8%
-3.8%
-4.5%
-0.7%
6.1%
3.3%
—
3.6%
-1.7%
-14%
4.4%
6.7%
-4.2%
2.6%
-4.3%
-0.4%
2.8%
2.6%
-21%
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REX American Resources Corporation · REX

4.0%
9.3%
15%
3.5%
3.1%
1.6%
4.1%
2.1%
4.6%
14%
12%
5.2%
9.0%
18%
7.2%
5.3%
5.1%
16%
11%
12%

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

19%
15%
7.2%
20%
18%
5.5%
8.8%
11%
4.8%
1.2%
5.3%
9.3%
6.7%
7.1%
-8.3%
-4.8%
-6.2%
-16%
-5.4%
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

23%
43%
23%
20%
20%
26%
32%
31%
27%
31%
33%
33%
40%
32%
20%
31%
30%
28%
28%
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Margin change · reported quarter history

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ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

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—
—
—
—
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—
—
+579.4 pp
+331.1 pp
−269.3 pp
+96.7 pp
+274.6 pp
+63.1 pp
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Celanese Corporation · CE

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—
—
−6.4 pp
−10.3 pp
−20.3 pp
−12.1 pp
−7.4 pp
+17.5 pp
+6.9 pp
−0.8 pp
−2.9 pp
−21.6 pp
−69.5 pp
−1.1 pp
+0.1 pp
−62.0 pp
+64.4 pp
+2.3 pp
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Dow Inc. · DOW

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—
—
−4.1 pp
−9.1 pp
−8.0 pp
−12.7 pp
−5.5 pp
−3.3 pp
−2.2 pp
+5.1 pp
−1.3 pp
−1.1 pp
−0.1 pp
−6.4 pp
−12.1 pp
−2.1 pp
−13.6 pp
+1.4 pp
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Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

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—
—
−1.0 pp
−0.5 pp
−5.5 pp
−0.7 pp
−8.3 pp
+8.9 pp
+6.8 pp
−0.7 pp
+2.1 pp
+6.1 pp
−9.3 pp
−2.9 pp
−2.2 pp
−1.8 pp
+4.6 pp
+20.4 pp
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Huntsman Corporation · HUN

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—
—
+2.5 pp
−4.1 pp
−11.1 pp
−9.1 pp
−9.7 pp
−5.1 pp
−2.2 pp
−6.4 pp
−0.9 pp
+0.9 pp
−0.5 pp
+5.6 pp
−10.4 pp
−2.3 pp
−0.1 pp
−4.1 pp
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LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

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—
—
+27.8 pp
+2.9 pp
−1.0 pp
−23.3 pp
−30.0 pp
−15.4 pp
−33.1 pp
−8.8 pp
−6.3 pp
−14.1 pp
−5.2 pp
−5.0 pp
−3.4 pp
+32.5 pp
+21.0 pp
+10.6 pp
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Methanex Corporation · MEOH

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—
—
+2.2 pp
+4.5 pp
−13.6 pp
−6.7 pp
−4.2 pp
−17.1 pp
−0.7 pp
−0.4 pp
−4.5 pp
+5.6 pp
+11.0 pp
+15.1 pp
+8.5 pp
+3.6 pp
−16.4 pp
−15.7 pp
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Olin Corporation · OLN

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—
—
+3.8 pp
−6.6 pp
−7.8 pp
−9.7 pp
−8.9 pp
−7.0 pp
−7.7 pp
−6.6 pp
−4.4 pp
−8.9 pp
−3.3 pp
−3.2 pp
−6.3 pp
+3.8 pp
−12.2 pp
−7.6 pp
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

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—
—
−1.1 pp
+5.3 pp
+7.1 pp
—
+4.3 pp
−7.8 pp
−17.7 pp
—
+3.1 pp
−2.5 pp
+17.0 pp
−8.7 pp
−7.1 pp
+7.0 pp
0.0 pp
−16.2 pp
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REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
—
—
—
−0.9 pp
−7.7 pp
−11.3 pp
−1.4 pp
+1.5 pp
+12.7 pp
+8.2 pp
+3.1 pp
+4.4 pp
+3.6 pp
−5.1 pp
+0.1 pp
−3.9 pp
−2.0 pp
+3.3 pp
+7.1 pp

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

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—
—
+3.9 pp
−1.1 pp
−9.7 pp
+1.6 pp
−9.5 pp
−13.4 pp
−4.3 pp
−3.5 pp
−1.3 pp
+1.9 pp
+5.9 pp
−13.6 pp
−14.1 pp
−12.9 pp
−22.7 pp
+2.9 pp
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

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—
−18.6 pp
−3.5 pp
−16.6 pp
+8.9 pp
+11.0 pp
+7.1 pp
+5.2 pp
+1.5 pp
+2.4 pp
+12.8 pp
+0.5 pp
−13.8 pp
−2.2 pp
−9.8 pp
−3.9 pp
+8.7 pp
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03 · compare level, then change

Profit Scale & Acceleration

Westlake Chemical Partners LP has the highest Net profit among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at $338 million. REX American Resources Corporation is next at $106 million. REX American Resources Corporation has the highest Profit growth at 51.4%, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Westlake Chemical Partners LP leads with $338 million of TTM profit, 218.9% above REX American Resources Corporation. REX American Resources Corporation shows 51.4% growth from a $106 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.

LeaderWestlake Chemical Partners LP · $338 million
Gap218.9% versus #2 · REX American Resources Corporation
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/15 companies · 283 observations

Investor read: Westlake Chemical Partners LP sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$338M
2REX American Resources Corporation REX$106M
3LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$46M
4Green Plains Inc. GPRE$19M
5Methanex Corporation MEOH$16M
Profit growthfastest growers
1REX American Resources Corporation REX51%
2Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP5.3%
3AdvanSix Inc. ASIX-89%
4Methanex Corporation MEOH-95%
5Valhi, Inc. VHI-140%
Net profit · company comparison
14/15 level · 6/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyNet profitProfit growthReported
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$82M95%Mar 2026
Celanese Corporation CE$49M-1,237%Mar 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE$39M-80%Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX$22M100%Jun 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$20M-70%Mar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI$8M-65%Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH$3M-98%Mar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$-2M-600%Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$-16M-170%Mar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI$-27M—Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN$-40M-433%Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$-81M-4,675%Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN$-83M-8,400%Mar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX$-104M-1,293%Mar 2026
Dow Inc. DOW$-445M-48%Jun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Net profit · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

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—
$-1M
$-1M
$-2M
$-1M
$-4M
$-4M
$-4M
$-4M
$-7M
$-9M
$-7M
$-9M
$-8M
$-75M
$-13M
$-63M
$-27M
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

$520M
$530M
$504M
$442M
$194M
$770M
$96M
$220M
$950M
$690M
$124M
$154M
$119M
$-1.9B
$-15M
$212M
$-1.4B
$28M
$49M
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

$1.7B
$1.8B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$760M
$647M
$-73M
$501M
$327M
$-95M
$538M
$458M
$240M
$-35M
$-290M
$-801M
$124M
$-1.5B
$-445M
—

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$-55M
$-4M
$-55M
$52M
$-68M
$-33M
$-59M
$-49M
$26M
$12M
$-49M
$-23M
$49M
$-53M
$-72M
$-44M
$10M
$14M
$39M
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

$219M
$594M
$222M
$229M
$116M
$-56M
$44M
$33M
$15M
$-57M
$-16M
$31M
$-5M
$-110M
$12M
$-146M
$-10M
$-74M
$-40M
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

$-9M
$42M
$59M
$103M
$2M
$66M
$16M
$25M
$-8M
$-5M
$6M
$10M
$-25M
$-9M
$-2M
$3M
$7M
$16M
$20M
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

$87M
$221M
$137M
$139M
$128M
$58M
$90M
$91M
$44M
$60M
$66M
$64M
$65M
$55M
$132M
$83M
$4M
$-74M
$3M
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

$391M
$307M
$393M
$422M
$315M
$197M
$154M
$145M
$105M
$49M
$48M
$72M
$-25M
$10M
$1M
$-3M
$44M
$-143M
$-83M
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

$-13M
$-28M
$-24M
$-25M
$18M
$4M
—
$2M
$-16M
$-62M
$-1M
$8M
$-33M
$-16M
$-32M
$-366M
$-4M
$-21M
$-81M
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

$8M
$15M
$26M
$7M
$15M
$5M
$11M
$7M
$12M
$32M
$25M
$12M
$15M
$30M
$14M
$11M
$9M
$27M
$48M
$22M

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

$113M
$87M
$16M
$375M
$123M
$-14M
$25M
$-269M
$-14M
$-32M
$-9M
$10M
$-25M
$15M
$-111M
$-85M
$-100M
$-179M
$-104M
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

$66M
$138M
$81M
$84M
$78M
$91M
$91M
$75M
$81M
$87M
$90M
$88M
$104M
$87M
$42M
$86M
$86M
$84M
$82M
—

Profit growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

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—
—
48%
-77%
42%
-44%
-49%
-180%
-115%
-149%
18%
—
—
—
-21%
-114%
—
-170%
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

—
—
—
-19%
-63%
45%
-81%
-50%
390%
-10%
29%
-30%
-87%
-378%
-112%
38%
-1,237%
—
—
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

—
—
—
-13%
-55%
-63%
-105%
-70%
-57%
-115%
—
-8.6%
-27%
—
-154%
-275%
-48%
—
—
—

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

—
—
—
225%
—
—
—
-194%
—
—
—
—
88%
-542%
—
—
-80%
—
—
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

—
—
—
34%
-47%
-109%
-80%
-86%
-87%
—
-136%
-6.1%
-133%
—
—
-571%
—
—
-433%
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

—
—
—
329%
—
57%
-73%
-76%
-500%
-108%
-63%
-60%
—
—
-133%
-70%
—
—
—
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

—
—
—
12%
47%
-74%
-34%
-35%
-66%
3.5%
-27%
-30%
48%
-8.3%
100%
30%
-94%
-235%
-98%
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

—
—
—
19%
-19%
-36%
-61%
-66%
-67%
-75%
-69%
-50%
-124%
-80%
-98%
-104%
—
-1,530%
-8,400%
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

—
—
—
-413%
—
—
—
—
-189%
-1,650%
—
300%
—
—
—
-4,675%
—
—
—
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
—
—
—
88%
-67%
-58%
0.0%
-20%
540%
127%
71%
25%
-6.3%
-44%
-8.3%
-40%
-10%
243%
100%

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

—
—
—
387%
8.9%
-116%
56%
-172%
-111%
—
-136%
—
—
—
—
-950%
—
-1,293%
—
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

—
—
—
-30%
18%
-34%
12%
-11%
3.9%
-4.4%
-1.1%
17%
28%
0.0%
-53%
-2.3%
-17%
-3.5%
95%
—
04 · compare level, then change

Capacity Spending & Returns On It

Dow Inc. has the highest CAPEX among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at $659 million. Tronox Holdings plc is next at $67 million. ASP Isotopes Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 75%, so level and change sit with different companies. 15 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Dow Inc. reports $659 million of CAPEX; ASP Isotopes Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 75%. Coverage is only 15 of 15 companies and 284 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.

LeaderDow Inc. · $659 million
Gap883.6% versus #2 · Tronox Holdings plc
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage15/15 companies · 284 observations

Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.

This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.

CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Dow Inc. DOW$659M
2Tronox Holdings plc TROX$67M
3Celanese Corporation CE$66M
4Olin Corporation OLN$44M
5Huntsman Corporation HUN$38M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI75%
2LSB Industries, Inc. LXU10%
3AdvanSix Inc. ASIX8.9%
4Tronox Holdings plc TROX8.8%
5REX American Resources Corporation REX7.7%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
15/15 level · 15/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyCAPEXCAPEX intensityReported
Dow Inc. DOW$659M5.4%Jun 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX$67M8.8%Mar 2026
Celanese Corporation CE$66M2.8%Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN$44M2.8%Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN$38M2.7%Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$36M8.9%Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH$22M2.3%Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$22M6.9%Mar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$17M10%Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX$12M7.7%Jun 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI$11M2.0%Mar 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE$6M1.3%Mar 2026
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$6M2.0%Mar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI$6M75%Mar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$0M0.0%Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

CAPEX · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
—
$1M
$1M
$2M
$1M
$0M
$0M
$1M
$1M
$1M
$3M
$4M
$1M
$2M
$2M
$3M
$2M
$6M
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

$102M
$163M
$137M
$124M
$139M
$143M
$164M
$145M
$131M
$128M
$137M
$105M
$88M
$105M
$102M
$93M
$64M
$84M
$66M
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

$435M
$1.2B
$354M
$501M
$508M
$657M
$497M
$631M
$650M
$800M
$766M
$767M
$797M
$813M
$715M
$700M
$606M
$615M
$524M
$659M

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$64M
$64M
$62M
$66M
$55M
$29M
$33M
$16M
$29M
$30M
$22M
$18M
$28M
$27M
$17M
$11M
$4M
$5M
$6M
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

$76M
$85M
$64M
$65M
$57M
$86M
$46M
$51M
$50M
$83M
$42M
$50M
$41M
$51M
$36M
$37M
$43M
$57M
$38M
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

$11M
$9M
$8M
$8M
$16M
$13M
$18M
$14M
$9M
$26M
$18M
$15M
$31M
$28M
$21M
$18M
$17M
$21M
$17M
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

$67M
$66M
$136M
$137M
$148M
$157M
$127M
$111M
$141M
$70M
$47M
$36M
$46M
$45M
$47M
$31M
$7M
$14M
$22M
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

$49M
$65M
$47M
$57M
$65M
$69M
$61M
$67M
$44M
$63M
$44M
$57M
$43M
$51M
$61M
$31M
$71M
$63M
$44M
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

$14M
$32M
$45M
$41M
$28M
$24M
—
$21M
$33M
$32M
$33M
$25M
$22M
$28M
$38M
$37M
$24M
$17M
$22M
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

$1M
$2M
$1M
$1M
$1M
$4M
$8M
$4M
$4M
$14M
$15M
$25M
$15M
$15M
$16M
$7M
$22M
$27M
$13M
$12M

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

$65M
$89M
$103M
$99M
$112M
$114M
$93M
$55M
$54M
$59M
$76M
$76M
$101M
$117M
$110M
$83M
$80M
$68M
$67M
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

$11M
$43M
$20M
$12M
$13M
$9M
$13M
$5M
$17M
$13M
$10M
$10M
$16M
$13M
$16M
$24M
$30M
$9M
$6M
—

CAPEX intensity · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
100%
300%
200%
50%
100%
200%
30%
6.1%
75%
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

4.5%
7.2%
5.4%
5.0%
6.0%
6.1%
5.7%
5.2%
4.8%
5.0%
5.2%
4.0%
3.3%
4.5%
4.3%
3.7%
2.6%
3.8%
2.8%
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

2.9%
8.4%
2.3%
3.2%
3.6%
5.5%
4.2%
5.5%
6.1%
7.5%
7.1%
7.0%
7.3%
7.8%
6.9%
6.9%
6.1%
6.5%
5.4%
—

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

8.6%
8.0%
7.9%
6.5%
5.8%
3.2%
4.0%
1.9%
3.2%
4.2%
3.7%
2.9%
4.2%
4.6%
2.8%
2.0%
0.8%
1.2%
1.3%
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

3.6%
4.0%
2.9%
3.0%
2.8%
5.2%
2.9%
3.2%
3.3%
5.9%
2.9%
3.2%
2.7%
3.5%
2.6%
2.5%
2.9%
4.2%
2.7%
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

8.7%
4.7%
4.0%
2.8%
8.7%
5.6%
9.9%
8.4%
7.9%
20%
13%
11%
28%
21%
15%
12%
11%
13%
10%
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

6.2%
5.3%
12%
12%
15%
16%
12%
12%
17%
7.6%
5.1%
3.9%
4.9%
4.7%
5.2%
3.9%
0.8%
1.4%
2.3%
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

2.1%
2.7%
1.9%
2.2%
2.8%
3.5%
3.3%
3.9%
2.6%
3.9%
2.7%
3.5%
2.7%
3.1%
3.7%
1.8%
4.1%
3.8%
2.8%
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

3.7%
8.6%
13%
10%
6.0%
4.8%
—
4.5%
8.6%
7.6%
8.5%
6.0%
5.5%
6.6%
11%
11%
6.8%
4.1%
6.9%
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

0.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
1.8%
4.0%
1.9%
1.9%
6.3%
8.0%
16%
10%
8.6%
10%
4.4%
14%
15%
8.2%
7.7%

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

7.5%
10%
11%
11%
13%
18%
13%
6.9%
8.2%
8.6%
9.8%
9.3%
13%
17%
15%
11%
11%
9.3%
8.8%
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

3.7%
13%
5.5%
2.7%
3.1%
2.5%
4.2%
1.9%
5.3%
4.4%
3.5%
3.5%
5.8%
4.5%
6.7%
8.1%
9.7%
2.8%
2.0%
—
Annual capital allocation · 5-year view
14/15 capacity base · 15/15 OCF · 15/15 CAPEX · 15/15 FCF

Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.

Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history

Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

$904M
$926M
$948M
$1.1B
$1.1B

Dow Inc. · DOW

$22.0B
$21.7B
$22.4B
$23.3B
$23.6B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$958M
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.0B

Olin Corporation · OLN

$3.3B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$2.6B
$2.5B

Operating cash flow · fiscal-year history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
$-3M
$-5M
$-17M
$-38M

Dow Inc. · DOW

$7.0B
$7.5B
$5.2B
$2.9B
$1.0B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$4M
$70M
$56M
$-30M
$111M

Olin Corporation · OLN

$1.7B
$1.9B
$974M
$503M
$474M

CAPEX · reported cash flow · fiscal-year history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Dow Inc. · DOW

$2.3B
$2.0B
$2.6B
$3.1B
$2.6B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$187M
$212M
$108M
$95M
$37M

Olin Corporation · OLN

$201M
$237M
$236M
$195M
$226M

Free cash flow · fiscal-year history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
$-7M
$-8M
$-28M
$-47M

Dow Inc. · DOW

$4.7B
$5.5B
$2.6B
$-229M
$-1.6B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$-183M
$-143M
$-52M
$-125M
$74M

Olin Corporation · OLN

$1.5B
$1.7B
$738M
$308M
$248M
05 · compare level, then change

Debt Load & Balance-Sheet Headroom

Ascent Industries Co. has the lowest Gross debt among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at $13 million. REX American Resources Corporation is next at $20 million. REX American Resources Corporation has the lowest Net debt at $344 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: REX American Resources Corporation has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $344 million net cash and gross debt of $20 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.

LeaderAscent Industries Co. · $13 million
Gap35% versus #2 · REX American Resources Corporation
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/15 companies · 267 observations

Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.

This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.

Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$13M
2REX American Resources Corporation REX$20M
3Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$400M
4AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$426M
5LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$484M
Net debtlowest net debt
1REX American Resources Corporation REX$-344M
2Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$-35M
3LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$302M
4Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$356M
5Green Plains Inc. GPRE$376M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
14/15 level · 14/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyGross debtNet debtReported
Dow Inc. DOW$19.4B$15.5BJun 2026
Celanese Corporation CE$12.8B$11.1BMar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX$3.5B$3.4BMar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH$3.5B$3.1BMar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN$3.3B$3.1BMar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN$2.5B$2.1BMar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$763M$695MMar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI$625M$429MMar 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE$559M$376MMar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$484M$302MMar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$426M$408MMar 2026
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$400M$356MMar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX$20M$-344MJun 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$13M$-35MMar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Gross debt · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

$278M
$272M
$353M
$277M
$260M
$230M
$241M
$250M
$273M
$266M
$332M
$322M
$306M
$349M
$361M
$378M
$407M
$381M
$426M
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

$4.0B
$4.2B
$4.2B
$4.1B
$12.5B
$15.0B
$15.1B
$14.7B
$14.0B
$14.0B
$13.8B
$13.3B
$13.3B
$12.9B
$13.1B
$13.2B
$13.1B
$12.9B
$12.8B
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

$16.4B
$16.1B
$16.0B
$15.1B
$14.8B
$16.7B
$16.6B
$16.3B
$16.3B
$16.4B
$17.7B
$17.7B
$17.9B
$17.6B
$17.9B
$18.1B
$19.6B
$19.6B
$19.6B
$19.4B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$781M
$789M
$971M
$972M
$770M
$711M
$797M
$831M
$736M
$677M
$700M
$686M
$629M
$649M
$640M
$610M
$435M
$465M
$559M
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

$2.0B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$1.9B
$1.9B
$2.1B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$2.0B
$2.1B
$2.5B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.2B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.5B
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

$492M
$560M
$744M
$740M
$732M
$743M
$734M
$605M
$598M
$611M
$577M
$508M
$506M
$519M
$520M
$483M
$486M
$489M
$484M
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

$2.8B
$2.9B
$2.9B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.2B
$3.2B
$3.8B
$3.6B
$3.5B
$3.5B
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

$3.4B
$3.2B
$3.1B
$3.1B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$3.1B
$3.1B
$3.1B
$3.0B
$3.1B
$3.2B
$3.2B
$3.2B
$3.3B
$3.3B
$3.3B
$3.1B
$3.3B
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

$947M
$929M
$925M
$905M
$873M
$853M
—
$846M
$834M
$777M
$779M
$778M
$773M
$730M
$736M
$746M
$794M
$779M
$763M
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

$13M
$12M
$11M
$13M
$13M
$15M
$15M
$14M
$13M
$14M
$13M
$11M
$13M
$23M
$21M
$26M
$25M
$23M
$21M
$20M

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

$2.7B
$2.7B
$2.7B
$2.6B
$2.6B
$2.7B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$2.9B
$2.9B
$3.0B
$3.1B
$3.2B
$3.5B
$3.4B
$3.5B
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
$400M
—

Net debt · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

$271M
$257M
$334M
$260M
$235M
$199M
$239M
$239M
$251M
$236M
$311M
$310M
$289M
$329M
$353M
$360M
$383M
$361M
$408M
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

$2.7B
$3.6B
$3.6B
$3.3B
$2.9B
$13.5B
$14.0B
$13.4B
$12.7B
$12.2B
$12.3B
$12.1B
$12.4B
$11.9B
$12.1B
$12.1B
$11.7B
$11.6B
$11.1B
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

$13.5B
$13.1B
$12.8B
$12.7B
$12.5B
$12.8B
$13.3B
$13.4B
$13.2B
$13.5B
$14.0B
$14.4B
$15.0B
$15.5B
$16.5B
$15.7B
$15.0B
$15.8B
$15.5B
$15.5B

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

$60M
$103M
$342M
$368M
$258M
$211M
$389M
$471M
$370M
$298M
$423M
$461M
$377M
$440M
$513M
$457M
$223M
$235M
$376M
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

$1.5B
$904M
$1.2B
$1.3B
$1.3B
$1.5B
$1.3B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.5B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$1.9B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$2.0B
$1.9B
$2.0B
$2.1B
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

$459M
$478M
$400M
$289M
$347M
$349M
$308M
$291M
$280M
$305M
$312M
$292M
$307M
$335M
$356M
$358M
$334M
$341M
$302M
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

$1.9B
$1.9B
$1.8B
$2.1B
$2.0B
$2.2B
$2.3B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.6B
$2.6B
$2.6B
$2.5B
$2.3B
$2.1B
$3.3B
$3.2B
$3.1B
$3.1B
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Olin Corporation · OLN

$3.1B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$3.0B
$3.1B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.2B
$3.1B
$3.2B
$3.0B
$3.1B
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

$634M
$637M
$698M
$757M
$741M
$701M
—
$677M
$677M
$701M
$724M
$664M
$637M
$605M
$606M
$675M
$717M
$704M
$695M
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REX American Resources Corporation · REX

$-175M
$-207M
$-245M
$-221M
$-232M
$-275M
$-266M
$-252M
$-271M
$-318M
$-366M
$-341M
$-333M
$-342M
$-338M
$-290M
$-285M
$-313M
$-355M
$-344M

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.6B
$2.5B
$2.7B
$2.6B
$2.7B
$2.7B
$2.8B
$2.7B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$3.0B
$3.1B
$3.3B
$3.2B
$3.4B
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

$381M
$383M
$381M
$382M
$381M
$335M
$295M
$341M
$334M
$341M
$344M
$334M
$340M
$342M
$350M
$363M
$362M
$356M
$356M
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06 · compare level, then change

Return On Capital Employed

Westlake Chemical Partners LP has the highest ROCE among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at 7.2%. Green Plains Inc. is next at 3.4%. ASP Isotopes Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +9.4 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 15 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Westlake Chemical Partners LP leads ROCE at 7.2%, 3.8 percentage points above Green Plains Inc.. ASP Isotopes Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +9.4 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.

LeaderWestlake Chemical Partners LP · 7.2%
Gap111.8% versus #2 · Green Plains Inc.
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage15/15 companies · 283 observations

Investor read: Westlake Chemical Partners LP sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP7.2%
2Green Plains Inc. GPRE3.4%
3REX American Resources Corporation REX2.8%
4LSB Industries, Inc. LXU2.2%
5Dow Inc. DOW1.8%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI+9.4 pp
2Green Plains Inc. GPRE+7.8 pp
3Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP+3.4 pp
4Dow Inc. DOW+3.1 pp
5LSB Industries, Inc. LXU+1.8 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
15/15 level · 15/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyROCEROCE changeReported
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP7.2%+3.4 ppMar 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE3.4%+7.8 ppMar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX2.8%+1.5 ppJun 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU2.2%+1.8 ppMar 2026
Dow Inc. DOW1.8%+3.1 ppJun 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH1.3%−2.6 ppMar 2026
Celanese Corporation CE1.1%+0.3 ppMar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI1.1%−0.9 ppMar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN-0.3%−1.0 ppMar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX-0.8%+0.4 ppMar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN-1.3%−2.0 ppMar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX-1.4%−3.8 ppMar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT-2.3%−0.6 ppMar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM-4.4%−3.5 ppMar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI-10%+9.4 ppMar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

ROCE · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
—
-23%
-29%
-453%
-61%
-84%
-135%
-290%
-72%
-40%
-46%
-20%
-21%
-20%
-19%
-14%
-11%
-10%
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

6.3%
5.6%
5.7%
5.0%
2.2%
0.4%
1.6%
2.1%
4.2%
1.1%
1.0%
1.1%
1.1%
-6.8%
0.8%
1.1%
-6.3%
0.5%
1.1%
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

5.1%
3.7%
3.8%
4.1%
2.3%
1.2%
-0.1%
1.7%
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
1.4%
0.8%
0.6%
-0.4%
-1.3%
0.3%
-2.2%
-0.1%
1.8%

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

-3.2%
0.6%
-3.0%
2.1%
-3.7%
-2.5%
-3.5%
-2.7%
1.3%
1.0%
-3.0%
-1.2%
3.7%
-2.8%
-4.4%
-2.1%
2.5%
-0.8%
3.4%
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

3.5%
2.9%
4.0%
4.0%
2.0%
-0.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.4%
-0.9%
-0.6%
0.6%
0.7%
-1.1%
0.7%
-2.1%
0.1%
-1.1%
-0.3%
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

0.6%
7.0%
7.2%
11%
1.2%
7.1%
2.3%
2.1%
-0.8%
0.3%
0.9%
1.3%
-2.2%
-0.3%
0.4%
1.0%
1.5%
2.8%
2.2%
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

2.6%
4.9%
3.7%
3.6%
3.1%
1.1%
1.8%
2.1%
-0.1%
0.9%
1.6%
1.4%
0.9%
2.8%
3.9%
2.2%
1.3%
0.0%
1.3%
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

7.7%
7.6%
7.7%
8.0%
5.8%
4.1%
3.4%
3.2%
2.6%
1.6%
1.5%
2.1%
0.2%
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
1.4%
-2.7%
-1.3%
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

0.1%
-0.7%
-0.7%
-0.1%
1.4%
0.8%
—
0.8%
-0.3%
-3.2%
0.9%
1.5%
-0.9%
0.6%
-0.9%
-0.1%
0.6%
0.7%
-4.4%
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
4.1%
6.9%
1.4%
1.5%
0.7%
1.6%
0.8%
1.8%
5.8%
4.1%
1.5%
2.3%
5.0%
1.8%
1.3%
1.3%
4.1%
2.4%
2.8%

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

3.1%
2.5%
1.3%
3.5%
3.1%
0.7%
1.2%
1.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.8%
1.5%
1.0%
0.9%
-1.2%
-0.7%
-0.8%
-2.2%
-0.8%
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

5.1%
11%
7.2%
6.4%
6.2%
7.1%
8.6%
6.1%
6.6%
7.2%
7.5%
7.5%
8.7%
7.4%
3.8%
7.4%
7.5%
7.4%
7.2%
—

ROCE change · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 15 companies with a series here. The remaining 3 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

ASP Isotopes Inc. · ASPI

—
—
—
—
—
—
−61.3 pp
−105.6 pp
+162.3 pp
−10.5 pp
+44.4 pp
+89.0 pp
+270.4 pp
+50.2 pp
+20.0 pp
+27.2 pp
+6.1 pp
+10.2 pp
+9.4 pp
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

—
—
—
—
−4.1 pp
−5.2 pp
−4.1 pp
−2.9 pp
+2.0 pp
+0.7 pp
−0.6 pp
−1.0 pp
−3.1 pp
−7.9 pp
−0.2 pp
0.0 pp
−7.4 pp
+7.3 pp
+0.3 pp
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

—
—
—
—
−2.8 pp
−2.5 pp
−3.9 pp
−2.4 pp
−1.3 pp
−0.6 pp
+1.1 pp
−0.3 pp
−0.2 pp
0.0 pp
−1.4 pp
−2.7 pp
−0.5 pp
−2.8 pp
+0.3 pp
+3.1 pp

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

—
—
—
—
−0.5 pp
−3.1 pp
−0.5 pp
−4.8 pp
+5.0 pp
+3.5 pp
+0.5 pp
+1.5 pp
+2.4 pp
−3.8 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.9 pp
−1.2 pp
+2.0 pp
+7.8 pp
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

—
—
—
—
−1.5 pp
−3.3 pp
−3.1 pp
−3.3 pp
−1.6 pp
−0.5 pp
−1.5 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.3 pp
−0.2 pp
+1.3 pp
−2.7 pp
−0.6 pp
0.0 pp
−1.0 pp
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

—
—
—
—
+0.6 pp
+0.1 pp
−4.9 pp
−9.2 pp
−2.0 pp
−6.8 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.8 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.6 pp
−0.5 pp
−0.3 pp
+3.7 pp
+3.1 pp
+1.8 pp
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

—
—
—
—
+0.5 pp
−3.8 pp
−1.9 pp
−1.5 pp
−3.2 pp
−0.2 pp
−0.2 pp
−0.7 pp
+1.0 pp
+1.9 pp
+2.3 pp
+0.8 pp
+0.4 pp
−2.8 pp
−2.6 pp
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

—
—
—
—
−1.9 pp
−3.5 pp
−4.3 pp
−4.8 pp
−3.2 pp
−2.5 pp
−1.9 pp
−1.1 pp
−2.4 pp
−0.8 pp
−0.8 pp
−1.5 pp
+1.2 pp
−3.5 pp
−2.0 pp
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

—
—
—
—
+1.3 pp
+1.5 pp
—
+0.9 pp
−1.7 pp
−4.0 pp
—
+0.7 pp
−0.6 pp
+3.8 pp
−1.8 pp
−1.6 pp
+1.5 pp
+0.1 pp
−3.5 pp
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
—
—
—
—
−3.4 pp
−5.3 pp
−0.6 pp
+0.3 pp
+5.1 pp
+2.5 pp
+0.7 pp
+0.5 pp
−0.8 pp
−2.3 pp
−0.2 pp
−1.0 pp
−0.9 pp
+0.6 pp
+1.5 pp

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

—
—
—
—
0.0 pp
−1.8 pp
−0.1 pp
−1.9 pp
−2.5 pp
−0.6 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.8 pp
−2.0 pp
−2.2 pp
−1.8 pp
−3.1 pp
+0.4 pp
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

—
—
—
—
+1.1 pp
−3.4 pp
+1.4 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.1 pp
−1.1 pp
+1.4 pp
+2.1 pp
+0.2 pp
−3.7 pp
−0.1 pp
−1.2 pp
0.0 pp
+3.4 pp
—
07 · compare level, then change

Valuation Against Growth & Quality

REX American Resources Corporation has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at 0.26×. Methanex Corporation is next at 0.36×. Tronox Holdings plc has the lowest P/E at 4.49×, so level and change sit with different companies. 3 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: REX American Resources Corporation has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.26×, 27.8% below Methanex Corporation. Only 3 of 15 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.

LeaderREX American Resources Corporation · 0.26×
Gap27.8% versus #2 · Methanex Corporation
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage3/15 companies · 9 observations

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1REX American Resources Corporation REX0.3
2Methanex Corporation MEOH0.4
3Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP1.3
P/Elowest P/E
1Tronox Holdings plc TROX4.5
2Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM5.4
3Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP13.5
4REX American Resources Corporation REX17.3
5LSB Industries, Inc. LXU23.7
Valuation · company comparison
3/15 level · 13/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyGuarded PEGP/EReported
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP1.313.5Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH0.442.7Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX0.317.3Jun 2026
Dow Inc. DOW—87.3Jun 2026
Celanese Corporation CE—27.4Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN—54.3Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN—44.1Mar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX—4.5Mar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU—23.7Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM—5.4Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX—66.0Mar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI—24.7Mar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT—121.0Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Guarded PEG · reported quarter history

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.5
0.2
0.4
—
—
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.7
—
—
—
0.3
—
—
—
—
0.3
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1.5
0.8
—
—
—
—
1.3
—

P/E · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 13 companies with a series here. The remaining 1 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

8.0
9.8
8.5
5.0
5.8
6.4
7.7
9.0
9.5
15.4
953.3
76.4
21.6
17.6
7.3
8.4
10.1
9.6
66.0
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

6.1
10.0
7.6
6.5
5.9
5.9
12.5
16.9
16.5
8.8
23.9
21.0
27.4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

7.5
6.8
7.0
5.8
5.7
8.0
13.7
22.0
28.3
66.9
34.5
32.8
36.4
25.6
87.3
—
—
—
—
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

8.3
7.8
7.1
5.0
4.7
12.4
14.0
27.9
—
44.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

—
—
—
—
6.2
5.0
4.7
7.0
8.1
25.2
36.6
204.5
—
—
—
—
—
25.0
23.7
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

14.9
6.5
8.6
5.9
5.0
7.8
12.4
13.5
17.7
18.4
18.9
22.4
19.3
20.9
11.8
9.8
13.5
42.7
—
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

8.3
7.2
5.9
4.9
4.6
5.9
7.4
8.7
11.0
15.1
21.2
20.8
38.7
37.1
47.5
—
54.3
—
—
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

—
5.4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
15.3
11.0
10.1
10.7
13.0
20.8
17.9
25.2
13.7
12.0
14.8
12.9
11.7
12.6
12.3
17.7
21.4
13.4
17.3

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

15.5
13.3
11.1
4.6
3.3
4.3
4.5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Valhi, Inc. · VHI

6.7
6.5
5.3
7.9
4.7
7.2
12.4
41.5
—
—
143.2
19.2
10.6
6.2
4.0
4.7
24.7
—
—
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

13.7
11.5
11.5
11.8
9.9
12.9
12.4
13.2
13.6
14.1
14.5
14.1
12.9
13.1
15.5
14.8
15.0
13.8
13.5
—
08 · compare level, then change

Enterprise Value & Book Value

Westlake Chemical Partners LP has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 15 Chemicals companies compared here, at 3.38×. LSB Industries, Inc. is next at 8.33×. Valhi, Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 0.39×, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 15 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: Westlake Chemical Partners LP leads ev/ebitda at 3.38×; Valhi, Inc. leads p/bv at 0.39×.

LeaderWestlake Chemical Partners LP · 3.38×
Gap59.4% versus #2 · LSB Industries, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/15 companies · 248 observations

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.

EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP3.4
2LSB Industries, Inc. LXU8.3
3Methanex Corporation MEOH10.5
4AdvanSix Inc. ASIX11.5
5Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM11.5
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Valhi, Inc. VHI0.4
2AdvanSix Inc. ASIX0.8
3Huntsman Corporation HUN0.9
4Tronox Holdings plc TROX1.2
5Dow Inc. DOW1.3
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
14/15 level · 14/15 change

Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyEV/EBITDAP/BVReported
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT371.31.5Mar 2026
Celanese Corporation CE275.11.8Mar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI86.80.4Mar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX68.21.2Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN45.60.9Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN16.72.0Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX14.02.6Jun 2026
Dow Inc. DOW13.51.3Jun 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE12.51.5Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM11.53.2Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX11.50.8Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH10.61.9Mar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU8.32.0Mar 2026
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP3.43.0Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

EV/EBITDA · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

5.5
6.2
5.9
3.7
4.0
4.2
5.0
5.5
5.6
7.3
13.9
10.0
7.9
8.1
5.2
6.1
7.0
5.9
11.5
—

Celanese Corporation · CE

9.7
9.5
7.6
6.6
5.8
13.5
16.0
16.9
12.3
12.3
13.1
11.7
15.8
193.3
1,042.1
3,091.6
—
—
275.1
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

5.8
5.2
5.2
4.5
4.6
5.9
8.3
10.1
11.2
12.5
11.5
11.2
11.6
9.4
10.4
12.9
13.2
30.0
36.5
13.5

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

26.6
18.0
49.4
44.4
104.9
—
—
—
—
53.1
276.6
52.3
31.2
24.6
—
142.4
—
29.7
12.5
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

6.5
8.5
7.6
5.7
5.3
7.1
8.8
12.8
15.1
16.8
25.3
24.4
23.7
19.7
14.4
21.8
24.1
25.0
45.6
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

12.7
8.6
9.4
4.3
4.2
3.6
3.3
4.6
5.3
100.6
9.7
9.9
11.4
—
11.9
13.3
8.1
229.7
8.3
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

6.8
4.8
5.6
4.6
3.9
5.2
6.4
6.6
8.9
9.1
9.2
10.2
8.5
8.0
5.4
6.4
6.6
7.3
10.6
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

5.5
4.9
4.2
3.4
3.3
4.1
5.0
5.6
6.3
7.5
9.1
8.5
9.9
8.5
7.8
8.1
8.2
10.2
16.7
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

8.8
7.8
10.6
8.9
7.6
8.2
—
5.4
4.9
12.9
14.2
9.4
11.4
6.6
6.9
8.5
8.8
8.0
11.5
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
5.8
4.1
3.8
4.4
4.2
7.5
6.6
9.1
5.5
4.7
7.4
6.4
5.3
5.4
5.5
8.4
10.9
10.0
14.0

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

7.4
7.1
6.9
6.1
5.4
6.4
6.9
7.6
10.0
10.7
12.6
12.0
11.1
8.9
10.3
13.3
19.7
80.3
68.2
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

4.1
3.9
3.8
3.9
3.5
3.8
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.5
3.4
—

P/BV · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

AdvanSix Inc. · ASIX

2.0
2.2
2.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.8
1.1
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.8
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Celanese Corporation · CE

4.2
4.3
3.4
2.6
2.0
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.4
2.7
2.1
2.0
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.8
—

Dow Inc. · DOW

2.6
2.3
2.5
2.0
1.7
1.7
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.1
2.2
2.0
2.1
1.6
1.5
1.1
0.9
1.1
2.0
1.3

Green Plains Inc. · GPRE

1.8
2.0
1.9
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.5
2.2
1.8
1.7
1.2
1.0
0.7
0.4
0.5
0.8
0.9
1.5
—

Huntsman Corporation · HUN

1.7
1.7
1.8
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.1
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.9
—

LSB Industries, Inc. · LXU

1.7
2.2
3.8
2.0
2.2
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.4
0.9
0.9
0.8
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.2
2.0
—

Methanex Corporation · MEOH

2.2
1.8
2.0
1.3
1.0
1.2
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.7
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.9
—

Olin Corporation · OLN

3.2
3.4
2.9
2.5
2.3
2.8
2.9
2.7
2.6
2.9
3.2
2.6
2.7
1.9
1.4
1.2
1.5
1.3
2.0
—

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. · RYAM

0.6
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.7
—
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.8
0.8
0.5
0.8
1.4
1.3
3.2
—

REX American Resources Corporation · REX

—
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.9
1.8
2.6

Tronox Holdings plc · TROX

1.9
1.9
1.5
1.1
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.5
1.3
1.2
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.5
1.2
—

Westlake Chemical Partners LP · WLKP

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.0
2.6
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.8
3.0
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.6
3.0
—
09 · let price answer last

Market action

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Chemicals at +141.3%. Green Plains Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +19.2%. 5 of 15 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.

Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength

Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.

Before the conclusion · check the blind spots

What can make this comparison misleading?

This Chemicals comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 15 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.

Keep these limits visible

  • A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
  • A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
  • The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
  • An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set

Which companies are included?

All 15 companies in the canonical Chemicals membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.

AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.

CompanyMarket valuePricePriced toLatest fundamentals
Dow Inc. DOW$20.8B$28.92026-07-28Jun 2026
Celanese Corporation CE$4.8B$43.52026-07-28Mar 2026
Methanex Corporation MEOH19/26 WEEKS$4.1B$53.22026-07-28Mar 2026
Olin Corporation OLN$2.4B$21.42026-07-28Mar 2026
Huntsman Corporation HUN19/26 WEEKS$2.0B$11.42026-07-28Mar 2026
REX American Resources Corporation REX18/26 WEEKS$1.4B$42.52026-07-28Jun 2026
Green Plains Inc. GPRE19/26 WEEKS$1.2B$16.42026-07-28Mar 2026
Tronox Holdings plc TROX$981M$6.22026-07-28Mar 2026
LSB Industries, Inc. LXU$822M$11.42026-07-28Mar 2026
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP$776M$22.02026-07-28Mar 2026
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM$591M$8.82026-07-28Mar 2026
ASP Isotopes Inc. ASPI$579M$3.82026-07-28Mar 2026
AdvanSix Inc. ASIX$551M$20.42026-07-28Mar 2026
Valhi, Inc. VHI$386M$13.62026-07-28Mar 2026
Ascent Industries Co. ACNT$138M$15.22026-07-28Mar 2026
Evidence and freshness

How was this comparison built?

This comparison is built from the reported filings of 15 Chemicals companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.

FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
Questions investors ask · short, speakable answers

Chemicals company comparison FAQs

These 18 answers restate the Chemicals comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 15 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.

Which Chemicals company is the biggest?

Celanese Corporation is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $9,492 million, ahead of Olin Corporation at $6,719 million. That covers 13 of 15 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.

Which Chemicals company is growing fastest?

ASP Isotopes Inc. has the fastest revenue growth at 100% year on year, across 13 of 15 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.

Which Chemicals company has the best profit margins?

Westlake Chemical Partners LP has the highest operating margin at 28.3%, from 15 of 15 comparable companies. ASP Isotopes Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +63.1 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.

Which Chemicals company makes the most profit?

Westlake Chemical Partners LP earns the most, at $338 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 14 of 15 comparable companies. REX American Resources Corporation has the fastest profit growth at 51.4%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.

Which Chemicals company earns the highest return on capital?

Westlake Chemical Partners LP leads on return on capital employed at 7.2%, across 15 of 15 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.

Which Chemicals stock is the cheapest?

On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — REX American Resources Corporation screens cheapest at 0.26×. Only 3 of 15 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.

Which Chemicals company has the strongest balance sheet?

Ascent Industries Co. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $13 million, from 14 of 15 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.

Which Chemicals company is investing most in new capacity?

Dow Inc. reports the largest capital spending at $659 million, across 15 of 15 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.

Is the Chemicals sector beating the market?

Chemicals has outperformed S&P 500 by 14% over the last 52 weeks and 20.7% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 5 of 15 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.

Which Chemicals stock has the strongest price momentum?

Green Plains Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.

Which Chemicals company scores highest for research priority?

REX American Resources Corporation scores 75 out of 100 with 80.2% evidence confidence, from 26.2 points on growth and earnings, 17.8 on capital efficiency, 15.7 on valuation and 15.3 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.

How many Chemicals companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?

It compares 15 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 5 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

What is the total market cap of the Chemicals sector?

The 15 Chemicals companies on this page carry $41,556 million of combined market value. Dow Inc. is the largest at $20,840 million, about 50% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.

What is the Chemicals sector's P/E ratio?

The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 15 Chemicals companies on this page is 27.4×, measured on the 13 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.

How is the Chemicals sector performing?

5 of the 15 covered Chemicals companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 14% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.

How many Chemicals stocks are listed in the US?

This comparison covers 15 listed Chemicals companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

Why are some values on this page blank?

A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.

Is this investment advice?

No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.

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