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 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 26th. 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 issued 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.35 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate 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 was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Westlake Chemical's stock. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Westlake Chemical's share price to reach $104.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 39.7% 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.

Press coverage about WLK stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few 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 short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days. Currently, 9.8% of the company's 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $74.71.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $9.38 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]