NYSE:WLK - Westlake Chemical Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Westlake Chemical trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WLK."

Westlake Chemical announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, December 11th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 26th. View Westlake Chemical's Dividend History.

Westlake Chemical shares split before market open on Wednesday, March 19th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 18th 2014. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, March 18th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Westlake Chemical stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Westlake Chemical Co. (NYSE:WLK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.24 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.24 billion. Westlake Chemical had a net margin of 19.36% and a return on equity of 19.75%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.61 EPS. View Westlake Chemical's Earnings History.

Westlake Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Westlake Chemical.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Westlake Chemical's shares. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's stock price to reach $103.1429 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westlake Chemical.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Westlake Chemical.

Media headlines about WLK stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Westlake Chemical's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%), Columbus Macro LLC (0.01%), PFG Advisors (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Westlake Chemical stock include Albert Chao, Andrew Kenner, Dorothy C Jenkins, George J Mangieri, James Chao, L Benjamin Ederington, Lawrence E Teel, Mark Steven Bender, Max L Lukens, Robert F Buesinger and Robert T Blakely. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Westlake Chemical.

WLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Westlake Chemical company stock in the last year include Albert Chao, Andrew Kenner, Dorothy C Jenkins, George J Mangieri, James Chao, L Benjamin Ederington, Lawrence E Teel, Mark Steven Bender, Max L Lukens, Robert F Buesinger and Robert T Blakely. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westlake Chemical.

WLK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Macro LLC, PFG Advisors and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westlake Chemical.

Shares of WLK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.83.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $10.05 billion and generates $8.04 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.47 on an earnings per share basis. Westlake Chemical employs 8,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Westlake Chemical is http://www.westlake.com.

Westlake Chemical's mailing address is 2801 POST OAK BLVD SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 713-960-9111 or via email at [email protected]