Head-To-Head Survey: Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

Keyuan Petrochemicals (OTCMKTS:KEYP) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and Westlake Chemical Partners”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Westlake Chemical Partners	$1.14 billion	0.69	$54.28 million	$1.77	12.63

Westlake Chemical Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Keyuan Petrochemicals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Keyuan Petrochemicals and Westlake Chemical Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Keyuan Petrochemicals	0	0	0	0	0.00
Westlake Chemical Partners	0	0	0	1	4.00

Given Keyuan Petrochemicals’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Keyuan Petrochemicals is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Keyuan Petrochemicals and Westlake Chemical Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Keyuan Petrochemicals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Westlake Chemical Partners	5.40%	7.31%	4.75%

Summary

Westlake Chemical Partners beats Keyuan Petrochemicals on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Keyuan Petrochemicals

Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, Ningbo Keyuan, Ningbo Keyuan Petrochemicals, Keyuan Synthetic Rubbers, Guangxi Keyuan and Zhongkexuneng, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products and rubber in the People’s Republic of China. The Company’s segments include the manufacture and sale of petrochemical products (petrochemical segment) and the manufacture and sale of rubber products (rubber segment). The Petrochemicals Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of mixed light aromatics, mixed heavy aromatics, fine propylene, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methyltert-butylether and styrene. The Rubber Segment includes the manufacturing and sales of various rubber products. It manufactures and supplies various petrochemical and rubber products, including petrochemical products, such as Benzene Toluene-Xylene Aromatics (BTX Aromatics), propylene, styrene, LPG, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and rubber products.

About Westlake Chemical Partners

Westlake Chemical Partners LP acquires, develops, and operates ethylene production facilities and related assets in the United States. The company’s ethylene production facilities primarily convert ethane into ethylene. It also sells ethylene co-products, such as propylene, crude butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline, and hydrogen directly to third parties on either a spot or contract basis. Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC serves as the general partner of the company. Westlake Chemical Partners LP was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.