Westlake Chemical Partners - WLKP Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westlake Chemical Partners in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WLKP shares.
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1 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Westlake Chemical Partners' stock. Their WLKP share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $29.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.6% from the stock's current price.
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Westlake Chemical Partners' stock was trading at $26.86 at the start of the year. Since then, WLKP stock has decreased by 23.2% and is now trading at $20.63.
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Westlake Chemical Partners saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 55,500 shares, a decline of 20.9% from the August 15th total of 70,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 40,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Westlake Chemical Partners LP (NYSE:WLKP) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $448.79 million for the quarter. Westlake Chemical Partners had a net margin of 5.22% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.84%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.71 earnings per share.

Westlake Chemical Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.471 per share on Thursday, August 25th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.13%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th.
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Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 9.46%. WLKP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 88.73%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, WLKP will have a dividend payout ratio of 96.92% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Westlake Chemical Partners investors own include AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), International Business Machines (IBM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Westlake (WLK), Pfizer (PFE), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

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

Westlake Chemical Partners' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.34%), UBS Group AG (0.84%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.51%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (0.40%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.19%) and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Chao, Andrew Kenner, G Stephen Finley, George J Mangieri, James Chao, L Benjamin Ederington and Randy Woelfel.
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Shares of WLKP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WLKP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.63.

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) has a market capitalization of $726.38 million and generates $1.21 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $82.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,020 workers across the globe.

Westlake Chemical Partners' mailing address is 2801 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The official website for the company is www.wlkpartners.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (713) 585-2900 or via email at investorrelations@westlake.com.