WestRock Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WestRock in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" WestRock stock.
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WestRock saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,170,000 shares, an increase of 27.1% from the August 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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WestRock is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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WestRock (NYSE:WRK) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 5th. The basic materials company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $4.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.71 billion. WestRock had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.96% and a negative net margin of 3.54%. The firm's revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.76 earnings per share.
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WestRock's stock was trading at $26.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WRK shares have increased by 89.5% and is now trading at $49.71.
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WestRock declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Tuesday, August 24th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 12th.
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WestRock pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.90%. The dividend payout ratio of WestRock is 34.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WestRock will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.82% next year. This indicates that WestRock will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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WestRock issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.15 to $1.29 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.34.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for WestRock's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect WestRock's stock price to reach $59.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price.
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370 employees have rated WestRock CEO Steve Voorhees on Glassdoor.com. Steve Voorhees has an approval rating of 74% among WestRock's employees. 60.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at WestRock to a friend.

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WestRock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRK."

WestRock's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (11.29%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.23%), BlackRock Inc. (7.98%), State Street Corp (4.47%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.40%) and FMR LLC (2.27%). Company insiders that own WestRock stock include James B Porter, James E Nevels, Jeffrey Wayne Chalovich and John A Luke Jr.
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WRK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold WestRock company stock in the last year include James B Porter, and Jeffrey Wayne Chalovich.
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WRK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Atlantic Investment Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Bank of Montreal Can, and Impax Asset Management Group plc.
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Shares of WRK 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 WRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.71.

WestRock has a market capitalization of $13.27 billion and generates $17.58 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-690,900,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.76 on an earnings per share basis.

WestRock employs 49,300 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of WestRock: A.G. Industries, KapStone, MeadWestvaco, Multi Packaging Solutions, National Print Group, SP Fiber Holdings, Simpson Tacoma Paper Mill, Smurfit-Stone Container, Southern Container, WRK International Holdings Sarl, WRK Luxembourg Sarl, WestRock - Solvay LLC, WestRock CP LLC, WestRock Coated Board LLC, WestRock Converting LLC, WestRock Fulfillment Company, WestRock Holding Company III, WestRock Holdings B.V., WestRock Luxembourg S.A.R.L., WestRock MWV LLC, WestRock RKT LLC, WestRock Shared Services LLC, WestRock Southern Container LLC, and WestRockTimber Note Holding Company III.

WestRock was founded in 2015.

The official website for WestRock is www.westrock.com.

WestRock is headquartered at 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328.

WestRock's mailing address is 1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA, 30328. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (770) 448-2193 or via email at [email protected]