NYSE:WRK - Westrock Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Westrock Co Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $40.50 +0.43 (+1.07 %) (As of 01/29/2020 01:15 AM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$40.05Now: $40.50▼$40.7950-Day Range$40.01MA: $42.19▼$43.6852-Week Range$31.94Now: $40.50▼$44.39Volume1.53 million shsAverage Volume2.73 million shsMarket Capitalization$10.44 billionP/E Ratio12.13Dividend Yield4.64%Beta1.64 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email WestRock Company manufactures and sells paper and packaging solutions for the consumer and corrugated markets in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates through three segments: Corrugated Packaging, Consumer Packaging, and Land and Development. The Corrugated Packaging segment produces containerboards, corrugated sheets, corrugated packaging, and preprinted linerboards for consumer and industrial products manufacturers, and corrugated box manufacturers. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Paperboard containers & boxes Sub-IndustryN/A SectorBasic Materials Current SymbolNYSE:WRK Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1636023 Webhttp://www.westrock.com/ Phone770-448-2193Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.81 Current Ratio1.45 Quick Ratio0.83Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio12.13 Forward P/E Ratio12.39 P/E Growth2.93 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$18.29 billion Price / Sales0.57 Cash Flow$9.78 per share Price / Cash Flow4.14 Book Value$45.46 per share Price / Book0.89Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.98 Net Income$862.90 million Net Margins4.72% Return on Equity8.81% Return on Assets3.37%Miscellaneous Employees51,100 Outstanding Shares257,895,000Market Cap$10.44 billion Next Earnings Date1/30/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive WRK News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for WRK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. WRK Rates by TradingView Westrock (NYSE:WRK) Frequently Asked Questions What is Westrock's stock symbol? Westrock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRK." How often does Westrock pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Westrock? Westrock announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.465 per share on Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $1.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. This is an increase from Westrock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. View Westrock's Dividend History. How were Westrock's earnings last quarter? Westrock Co (NYSE:WRK) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The basic materials company reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $4.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.84 billion. Westrock had a return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 4.72%. Westrock's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.29 EPS. View Westrock's Earnings History. When is Westrock's next earnings date? Westrock is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Westrock. How can I listen to Westrock's earnings call? Westrock will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available. What price target have analysts set for WRK? 8 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Westrock's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate Westrock's stock price to reach $45.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Westrock. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Westrock? 8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Westrock in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Westrock. What are Wall Street analysts saying about Westrock stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Westrock stock: 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "WestRock projects adjusted segment EBITDA at $880-$925 million for fourth-quarter fiscal 2019. Benefits from higher sequential seasonal volumes across both segments will be offset by lower containerboard prices. The company’s guidance for fiscal 2019 adjusted EBITDA is at $3.25 billion, down from $3.3 billion-$3.4 billion. In fiscal 2019, higher maintenance downtime compared with the prior year will impact results. The estimates for the current quarter and fiscal have thus undergone negative revisions lately. Nevertheless, the acquisition of KapStone is likely to generate significant cost synergies and expand its paper packaging product offering in the days ahead. Productivity and performance improvement programs and cost-saving actions remain tailwinds. The company also remains focused on lowering debt levels." (10/14/2019) 2. KeyCorp analysts commented, "We’re maintaining our FY19 adj. EBITDA estimate as we were already below the midpoint of guidance, as well as our well below-consensus FY20 adj. EBITDA estimate; we’re raising our FY20 free cash flow estimate on more favorable working capital. WRK will presumably issue FY20 adj. EBITDA and cash flow guidance on its upcoming F4Q19 call. We’re maintaining our FY19 adj. EBITDA estimate of $3.241B (guidance is ~$3.25B at the midpoint) and FY20 estimate of $2.915B (a substantial ~7% below consensus of $3.143B according to Bloomberg). In FY20, WRK should benefit from additional KapStone synergies (we assume $50M-$60M), recent capital projects ($70M of expected EBITDA benefits), and the non-recurrence of costs associated with those capital projects (which totaled $36M in the past two quarters)." (9/23/2019) Has Westrock been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about WRK stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Westrock earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Westrock. Are investors shorting Westrock? Westrock saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,750,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the December 15th total of 4,460,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,430,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Westrock's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Westrock's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Westrock include SHOWA DENKO KK/ADR (SHWDY), Anglo American (NGLOY), BHP Group (BHP), Newmont Goldcorp (NEM), Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), Nutrien (NTR), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Southern Copper (SCCO), Glencore (GLEN), GIVAUDAN SA/ADR (GVDNY), PPG Industries (PPG), Franco Nevada (FNV), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Imperial Oil (IMO) and FORTESCUE METAL/S (FSUGY). What other stocks do shareholders of Westrock own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Westrock investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), CVS Health (CVS), Micron Technology (MU), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Exxon Mobil (XOM), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Alibaba Group (BABA). Who are Westrock's key executives? Westrock's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Steven C. Voorhees, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 65)Mr. Ward H. Dickson, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 57)Mr. James B. Porter III, Pres of Bus. Devel. & Latin America (Age 68)Mr. Jeffrey Wayne Chalovich, Chief Commercial Officer & Pres of Corrugated Packaging (Age 56)Mr. Robert A. Feeser, Pres of Consumer Packaging (Age 57) Who are Westrock's major shareholders? Westrock's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.49%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.12%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Westrock stock include Currey M Russell, James B Porter, James E Nevels, Jeffrey Wayne Chalovich, John A Luke Jr, Robert A Feeser, Steven C Voorhees and Ward H Dickson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Westrock. Which institutional investors are selling Westrock stock? WRK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Moors & Cabot Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Telemus Capital LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc. and Institute for Wealth Management LLC.. Company insiders that have sold Westrock company stock in the last year include James B Porter and John A Luke Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westrock. Which institutional investors are buying Westrock stock? WRK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Janney Capital Management LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Private Capital Advisors Inc., Granite Investment Advisors LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP and Sage Capital Advisors llc. Company insiders that have bought Westrock stock in the last two years include Currey M Russell, James E Nevels and Ward H Dickson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Westrock. How do I buy shares of Westrock? Shares of WRK 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. What is Westrock's stock price today? One share of WRK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.50. How big of a company is Westrock? Westrock has a market capitalization of $10.44 billion and generates $18.29 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $862.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.98 on an earnings per share basis. Westrock employs 51,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Westrock. What is Westrock's official website? The official website for Westrock is http://www.westrock.com/. How can I contact Westrock? 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] MarketBeat Community Rating for Westrock (NYSE WRK)Community Ranking: 2.7 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 423 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 358 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 781MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Westrock and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe WRK will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe WRK will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 1/29/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: What are different types of coverage ratios?
