Westlake Chemical Partners LP (Westlake Chemical Partners LP) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) : $16.00 (As of May. 26, 2024)

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What is Westlake Chemical Partners LP Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)?

As of today (2024-05-26), Westlake Chemical Partners LP's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend model is $16.00.

Note: Discounted Dividend model is only suitable for companies who have a consistant distribution history. If the company's dividends does not remain steady over a long period, results may not be accurate due to the low consistency. The model is also only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star) with dividend payments. If the company's Predictability Rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, or if the company does not pay dividend, the data will not be stored into our database.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Predictability Rank is 1-Star. Thus, this page is only used for demonstration purposes and the DCF related results in the screener and portfolio will appear as zero.

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) using Discounted Dividend Model for Westlake Chemical Partners LP is -40.88%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) or its related term are showing as below:

WLKP's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) is not ranked ^*
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.27
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) only.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

For the Chemicals subindustry, Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) data, can be viewed below:

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Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) falls into.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend Model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except adjusted dividend are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DDM calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.47%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Dividend Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = 5%
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year Dividend Growth Rate. In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate. If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate.
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
=> Westlake Chemical Partners LP's average Dividend Growth Rate in the past 5 years was 2.70%, which is less than 5%. GuruFocus defaults => Growth Rate: 5%

3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Dividends per Share: adjusted dividends per share = $1.386.
GuruFocus uses adjusted dividends per share by default to ensure that the valuation reflects the total value of the company, as the actual dividend is only a portion of the total value.

All of the default settings can be changed in the DCF calculator and the results are calculated automatically.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) for today is calculated as:

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	=	Dividends per Share	*	{[(1+g1)/(1+d)	+	(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
	+	(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10	*	[(1+g2)/(1+d)	+	(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2	+	...	+	(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+0.05)/(1+0.11) = 0.94594594594595
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+0.04)/(1+0.11) = 0.93693693693694

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

Dividends per Share

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1.386

11.5406

16.00

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based)	=	(Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)	-	Current Price)	/	Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)
	=	(16	-	22.54)	/	16
	=	-40.88 %

Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE:WLKP) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Dividends model evaluates the companies based on their power of future dividend distribution instead of their assets.

Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Dividends model:

1. The Discounted Dividends model evaluates a company based on its future dividends distribution power
2. Dividend growth is taken into account; therefore a company with a higher dividend growth rate is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies with consistently steady dividends distributed.
4. The Discounted Dividends model works poorly for inconsistent dividends distributor like high growth companies.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less dividends distributed.

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Westlake Chemical Partners LP (Westlake Chemical Partners LP) Business Description

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Address

2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77056

Website

https://www.wlkpartners.com

Westlake Chemical Partners LP is a part of the chemical industry in the United States. Its operations are conducted through OpCo, it acquires and develop ethyelene production facilities, which convert ethane into ethylene. OpCo sells ethylene and its co-products such as propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen to Westlake and other customers located in the United States. Its assets include three ethylene production facilities in Calvert City, Kentucky, and Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Executives

Andrew Kenner	officer: SVP, Olefin Material & Corp Pr	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Randy Woelfel	director	3411-3433 W. EL SEGUNDO BLVD., HAWTHORNE CA 90250
G Stephen Finley	director	9320 LAKESIDE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, THE WOODLANDS TX 77381
Lisa A. Friel	director	2611 PLUM HOLLOW, SAN ANTONIO TX 78258
James Chao	director, 10 percent owner	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Thomas J. Janssens	officer: VP, Olefins Feedstock & Energy	2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Johnathan Stevan Zoeller	officer: VP and CAO	2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Albert Chao	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CEO	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
L. Benjamin Ederington	director, officer: VP, General Counsel	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Mark Steven Bender	director, officer: Sr VP, CFO	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Lawrence E. Teel	officer: SVP, Olefins	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Ttwfgp Llc	10 percent owner	2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
David Lumpkins	director	600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 3250, HOUSTON TX 77002
Angela A Minas	director	3262 WESTHEIMER ROAD #627, HOUSTON TX 77098
Blackstone Securities Partners L.p.	10 percent owner	345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154-0191