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, August 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 27th. This is a boost from Westlake Chemical's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Westlake Chemical's Dividend History.

Westlake Chemical's stock split before market open on Wednesday, March 19th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, February 18th 2014. The newly minted shares were issued 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 for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.24 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company earned $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.24 billion. Westlake Chemical had a return on equity of 19.75% and a net margin of 19.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Westlake Chemical's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical's share price to reach $109.1250 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westlake Chemical.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Westlake Chemical.

Media coverage about WLK stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Westlake Chemical's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (6.54%), BlackRock Inc. (1.61%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.43%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.90%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.90%) and Bridgeway Capital Management Inc. (0.52%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Royce & Associates LP, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., Luminus Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, AMP Capital Investors Ltd and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. 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 $71.74.

Westlake Chemical has a market capitalization of $9.22 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]