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

Westlake Chemical's stock was trading at $38.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WLK stock has increased by 1.1% and is now trading at $38.86. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Westlake Chemical.

Westlake Chemical is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Westlake Chemical.

Westlake Chemical Co. (NYSE:WLK) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.50. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $1.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.93 billion. Westlake Chemical had a return on equity of 7.08% and a net margin of 5.19%. Westlake Chemical's revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. View Westlake Chemical's earnings history.

Westlake Chemical declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.2625 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. View Westlake Chemical's dividend history.

Shares of Westlake Chemical split before market open on Wednesday, March 19th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 18th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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.

23 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Westlake Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's stock price to reach $59.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Westlake Chemical.

News stories about WLK stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWestlake Chemical.

Westlake Chemical saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,700,100 shares, an increase of 14.9% from the February 27th total of 2,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 605,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 7.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Westlake Chemical's Current Options Chain.

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

Westlake Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.66%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.64%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.35%), FMR LLC (2.12%), Maverick Capital Ltd. (1.80%) and State Street Corp (0.72%). Company insiders that own Westlake Chemical stock include Albert Chao, Dorothy C Jenkins, George J Mangieri, H John Riley Jr, James Chao, Mark Steven Bender, Robert F Buesinger, Roger L Kearns and Ttwfgp Llc. View institutional ownership trends for Westlake Chemical.

WLK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Westlake Chemical company stock in the last year include Albert Chao, Dorothy C Jenkins, and George J Mangieri. View insider buying and selling activity for Westlake Chemical.

WLK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Norges Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Centenus Global Management LP, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and Brandes Investment Partners LP. Company insiders that have bought Westlake Chemical stock in the last two years include Roger L Kearns, and Ttwfgp Llc. View insider buying and selling activity for Westlake Chemical.

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One share of WLK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.86.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $8.12 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $421 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.26 on an earnings per share basis. Westlake Chemical employs 9,430 workers across the globe. View additional information about Westlake Chemical.

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]