NYSE:WLKWestlake Chemical Stock Price, Forecast & News

Westlake Chemical's stock was trading at $38.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WLK shares have increased by 24.1% and is now trading at $47.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 3 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 Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Westlake Chemical.

Westlake Chemical Co. (NYSE:WLK) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company earned $1.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.90 billion. Westlake Chemical had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 6.16%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.55 earnings per share. View Westlake Chemical's earnings history.

Westlake Chemical declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.2625 per share on Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 22nd. View Westlake Chemical's dividend history.

Westlake Chemical's stock split on Wednesday, March 19th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 18th 2014. The newly issued 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.

19 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Westlake Chemical's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $84.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's stock price to reach $51.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Westlake Chemical.

News coverage about WLK stock has trended somewhat negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWestlake Chemical.

Westlake Chemical saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,060,000 shares, an increase of 32.7% from the April 30th total of 3,060,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 935,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 12.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.93%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.16%), BlackRock Inc. (1.51%), State Street Corp (0.71%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.66%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.55%). Company insiders that own Westlake Chemical stock include Albert Chao, Dorothy C Jenkins, George J Mangieri, H John Riley Jr, 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Alliancebernstein L.P., Scout Investments Inc., BlackRock Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, UBS Group AG, and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Franklin Resources Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. 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 $47.70.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $6.09 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.

The official website for Westlake Chemical is 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]