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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 27th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, December 11th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 26th. View Westlake Chemical's Dividend History.

Shares of Westlake Chemical split on Wednesday, March 19th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 18th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable 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.

Westlake Chemical Co. (NYSE:WLK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 6th. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 19.75% and a net margin of 19.36%. The company's revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.61 earnings per share. 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.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Westlake Chemical's stock. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's stock price to reach $104.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westlake Chemical.

16 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 8 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 positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical earned a news sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Westlake Chemical saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,495,768 shares, an increase of 50.8% from the November 15th total of 2,317,434 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 728,297 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 9.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Westlake Chemical's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Westlake Chemical include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Braskem (BAK), NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Renewable Energy Group (REGI), Codexis (CDXS), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), FutureFuel (FF), Green Plains (GPRE), Green Plains Partners (GPP), REX American Resources (REX), Sino United Worldwide Consolidated (SUIC) and Amyris (AMRS).

Westlake Chemical's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Columbus Macro LLC (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Macro LLC 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 $72.59.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $9.70 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]