NYSE:WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners Stock Price, Forecast & News

Westlake Chemical Partners' stock was trading at $16.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WLKP stock has increased by 16.8% and is now trading at $19.24. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical Partners in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Westlake Chemical Partners.

Westlake Chemical Partners is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Westlake Chemical Partners.

Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE:WLKP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 4th. The basic materials company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $250.55 million for the quarter. Westlake Chemical Partners had a net margin of 6.11% and a return on equity of 6.65%. View Westlake Chemical Partners' earnings history.

Westlake Chemical Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.4714 per share on Tuesday, May 26th. This represents a $1.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. This is an increase from Westlake Chemical Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View Westlake Chemical Partners' dividend history.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Westlake Chemical Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $29.00. On average, they expect Westlake Chemical Partners' share price to reach $23.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Westlake Chemical Partners.

News coverage about WLKP stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Westlake Chemical Partners earned a coverage optimism score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutWestlake Chemical Partners.

Westlake Chemical Partners saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 191,000 shares, a drop of 49.8% from the April 15th total of 380,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 94,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Westlake Chemical Partners' Current Options Chain.

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

Westlake Chemical Partners' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Invesco Ltd. (18.93%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (5.17%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.96%), Morgan Stanley (1.46%), Morgan Stanley (1.46%) and UBS Group AG (1.45%). Company insiders that own Westlake Chemical Partners stock include Albert Chao, Angela A Minas, David Lumpkins, George J Mangieri, L Benjamin Ederington, Randy Woelfel and Ttwfgp Llc. View institutional ownership trends for Westlake Chemical Partners.

WLKP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Invesco Ltd., UBS Group AG, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Russell Investments Group Ltd., NBW Capital LLC, and Raymond James & Associates. View insider buying and selling activity for Westlake Chemical Partners.

WLKP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citigroup Inc., Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Bourgeon Capital Management LLC, and Your Advocates Ltd. LLP. Company insiders that have bought Westlake Chemical Partners stock in the last two years include Albert Chao, Angela A Minas, David Lumpkins, L Benjamin Ederington, Randy Woelfel, and Ttwfgp Llc. View insider buying and selling activity for Westlake Chemical Partners.

Shares of WLKP 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WLKP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.24.

Westlake Chemical Partners has a market capitalization of $677.13 million and generates $1.09 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $60.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Westlake Chemical Partners is www.wlkpartners.com.

Westlake Chemical Partners' mailing address is 2801 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 713-585-2900 or via email at [email protected]