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margin_compression_severe on Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)
SIC 2860 — Industrial Organic Chemicals · CIK 1604665 · default direction: short
Definition
Fires on >500 bps year-over-year decline in operating margin. Captures the 'good business getting worse' pattern.
Every time the signal fired on WLKP
| FY | Filing date | Event date | 1d | 5d | 20d | 60d | 252d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2026-03-04 | 2026-03-04 | +2.62% | +0.27% | +1.08% | — | — |
| FY2022 | 2023-03-01 | 2023-03-01 | -1.05% | -2.24% | -2.64% | -3.92% | +7.03% |
| FY2018 | 2019-03-01 | 2019-03-01 | -0.04% | -1.03% | +1.52% | +2.66% | +4.02% |
| FY2017 | 2018-03-01 | 2018-03-01 | +0.00% | +0.00% | -2.19% | +2.95% | +5.01% |
Forward returns are stock returns from event date (next trading day after filing). Sign is raw stock direction; the trade direction is in the calibration table below.
Universe-wide calibration (this signal across all companies)
| Horizon | n events | Gross stock ret | Hit rate | Trade dir | Net PnL | Cost (bps) | r/σ net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1d | 2,429 | +2.00% | +36.27% | short | -2.03% | 46 | -0.02 |
| 5d | 2,429 | +3.35% | +38.74% | short | -2.80% | 47 | -0.02 |
| 20d | 2,364 | +6.26% | +38.32% | short | -4.81% | 52 | -0.03 |
| 60d | 2,266 | +78.74% | +40.47% | short | -75.14% | 65 | -0.03 |
| 252d | 2,195 | +41.39% | +39.77% | short | -31.94% | 126 | -0.09 |
Net PnL is direction × stock return − round-trip execution cost (5 bps half-spread + ADV-tiered borrow). See margin_compression_severe methodology for the full audit.