NYSE:WLK - Westlake Chemical Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Westlake Chemical declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 30th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, June 13th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 29th. View Westlake Chemical's Dividend History.

Westlake Chemical shares split 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 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company earned $2.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.14 billion. Westlake Chemical had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 17.77%. The business's revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.06 earnings per share. View Westlake Chemical's Earnings History.

Westlake Chemical is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Westlake Chemical.

18 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Westlake Chemical's shares. Their predictions range from $87.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's stock price to reach $119.9375 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Westlake Chemical.

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Press coverage about WLK stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 45.51 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Westlake Chemical's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (1.18%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.87%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.59%), RE Advisers Corp (0.48%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.38%) and Federated Investors Inc. PA (0.32%). 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, Michael J Mattina, 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 Millennium Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Scopus Asset Management L.P., RE Advisers Corp, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Capital Growth Management LP, Mackay Shields LLC, KBC Group NV, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Royal Bank of Canada. 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 $106.96.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $13.69 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.

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]